<p>Mamit district of Mizoram has topped the rankings of aspirational districts by government think-tank Niti Aayog for October. </p>.<p>Banka (Bihar) and Dhenkanal (Odisha) have been placed at the second and third positions, respectively, Niti Aayog said in a tweet. </p>.<p>Guna (Madhya Pradesh) and Pakur (Jharkhand) stood at fourth and fifth positions. </p>.<p>The rankings took into account incremental progress made by over 112 aspirational districts across six developmental areas during October. </p>.<p>Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure were the development areas that were taken into consideration for the rankings. </p>.<p>The aspirational districts' programme, launched in January 2018, aims to transform districts that have shown relatively lesser progress in key social areas and have emerged as pockets of under-development.</p>
<p>Mamit district of Mizoram has topped the rankings of aspirational districts by government think-tank Niti Aayog for October. </p>.<p>Banka (Bihar) and Dhenkanal (Odisha) have been placed at the second and third positions, respectively, Niti Aayog said in a tweet. </p>.<p>Guna (Madhya Pradesh) and Pakur (Jharkhand) stood at fourth and fifth positions. </p>.<p>The rankings took into account incremental progress made by over 112 aspirational districts across six developmental areas during October. </p>.<p>Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure were the development areas that were taken into consideration for the rankings. </p>.<p>The aspirational districts' programme, launched in January 2018, aims to transform districts that have shown relatively lesser progress in key social areas and have emerged as pockets of under-development.</p>