In a significant step towards accelerating development in India’s most deprived areas, NITI Aayog organised the Regional Best Practices Seminar (North) under the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) and Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) in Varanasi on Friday.

The day-long event brought together district collectors, state officials, block development officers, and subject matter experts from Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir to showcase innovative, scalable solutions in key thematic areas, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange to improve governance and service delivery at the grassroots level.

Launched in January 2018, the ADP covers 112 developed districts, while the ABP, an extension initiative, covers 513 aspirational bloc

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