NITI Aayog shortlists states chosen for transformatiional change in health and education

NITI Aayog has initiated a unique and novel initiative named Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH ), through which NITI Aayog and its knowledge partners will provide strategic, technical and implementation support to three states for each sector.

A Committee consisting of Member, NITI Aayog, Bibek Debroy, CEO Amitabh Kant, advisers of NITI Aayog and representatives of Health and Education Ministry spent two days assessing and vetting presentations by 14 states for each of the two social sectors.

The states showcased the initiatives undertaken by them thus far, their willingness to accelerate improvement and justified why they should be selected for the institutional support being offered by NITI Aayog under the program.

After final selection of the states, a Program Management Unit to push for efficiency and efficacy in governance structures and service delivery will be available at the state level for a period of 30 months.

It is expected that these 36 months of focused attention and support from the premier think tank will lead to a marked transformation and will also provide a model for other states to replicate and adapt.

In the Health sector, the five shortlisted states  are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Karnataka and Gujarat.

Similarly in Education, the shortlisted states are Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

In both sectors, the states have to commit to a time-bound focus, governance reforms and delivery of outcomes for final selection for the partnership.

Depending on the promptness of the response of governance commitments posed to them, the final selection of the three states in each of the sectors is expected to be completed in July 2017, the release said.

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