Government think tank NITI Aayog has released the list of aspirational districts. Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh has topped the list followed by Belangir in Odisha on 2nd position and YSR in Andhra Pradesh on 3rd position. Sahibganj in Jharkhand has been ranked at the 4th spot and Hailakandi in Assam at the 5th. The delta rankings took into account incremental progress made by over 112 aspirational districts across six developmental areas in December 2019 on the basis of Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure.