Taking further the success of Aspirational Districts Programme, Aspirational Blocks can help achieve the twin objectives of balanced growth and checking stress migration. Comment.

Aspirational Districts Programme is the programme of NITI Aayog, which plan to improve the economic and social indicators in 4 Indias least developed districts. It ranks districts based on their performance and provides technical and implementation experience to the local and state governments to device plans for the transformation of aspirational districts. On the grounds of Aspirational Districts programme, Aspirational block programme can help in decentralization of planning and development which will lead to increased efficiencies and efficiency of the plans. At block level, more participation from the public can be managed and can achieve the goal of consensus based participatory governance. It also gives grassroots provide that one side fits all approach for development planning giving flexibility to the different blocks for planning and implementation of schemes of social justice and economic development. It will lead to holistic and equitable growth among the different blocks of the district and prevent stress migration that happens due to unequal development amongst neighboring regions.