NITI Aayog Launches Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0 for KPI Saturation in Aspirational Districts/Blocks
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NITI Aayog has launched ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0’, a high-intensity, three-month campaign running from 28th January to 14th April, 2026. This initiative builds on the success of the 2024 edition and aims to achieve 100% saturation of critical development markers across 112 Aspirational Districts and 513 Aspirational Blocks. The campaign focuses on specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure essential services reach the most remote and underserved populations.
District and Block-Level Focus Areas The campaign identifies separate saturation targets for districts and blocks:
Aspirational Blocks (6 KPIs): Focus includes regular supplementary nutrition under ICDS, measurement efficiency at Anganwadi Centres, functional toilets and drinking water in Anganwadis, adequate girls’ toilet facilities in schools, and Bovine Animal Vaccination (FMD).
Aspirational Districts (5 KPIs): Key metrics include the proportion of live babies weighed at birth, Tuberculosis (TB) case notification rates, regularity of Village/Urban Health Sanitation & Nutrition Days, functional girls’ toilets in schools, and overall animal vaccination coverage.
Implementation and Monitoring Framework To ensure tangible ground-level impact, NITI Aayog has mandated a structured execution plan:
Action Plans: Districts and blocks must develop a 3-month Action Plan to systematically saturate identified indicators.
Monthly Tracking: Progress toward saturation will be tracked every month to address bottlenecks in real-time.
Ground-Level Monitoring: District-level officers are required to conduct concurrent monitoring field visits, complemented by awareness and behavior change campaigns to foster community participation.
What is the core difference between the Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks Programs? The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), launched in 2018, focuses on the transformation of 112 districts through 49 indicators across themes like health, education, and infrastructure. The Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP), launched in 2023 and expanded to 513 blocks in 2025, focuses on the “last-mile” saturation of services at a more granular level, utilizing 40 indicators across similar thematic areas to uplift the most backward pockets within districts.
Policy Relevance
The launch of Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0 marks a strategic shift toward result-oriented governance in India’s most challenging regions.
Saturation as a Development Benchmark: Moving from “progress” to “saturation” ensures that no citizen is left behind, aligning with the Antyodaya philosophy of serving the last person.
Convergence and Collaboration: The campaign fosters a unique collaborative model between Central Ministries, State Governments, and local administrations, improving inter-departmental synergy for service delivery.
Capacity Building: By establishing systems for sustainable service delivery and concurrent monitoring, NITI Aayog is creating a blueprint for institutionalizing performance at the grassroots level.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders: How can the data-driven systems established during this 3-month saturation campaign be permanently integrated into the local administration’s daily workflow to prevent future indicator slippage?
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