Bihar

• 07 Oct 2023

Muzaffarpur Ranks top in Agriculture in the Country

Why In News?

On October 5, 2023, NITI Aayog released the delta ranking of 112 aspirational districts of the country. In this, Muzaffarpur district of Bihar ranks top in the country in the field of agriculture.

Key Points:

• Continuous improvement in the field of agriculture has taken Muzaffarpur to the first ranking among the aspirational districts.
• This time Muzaffarpur district has got sixth position in the overall ranking in the country. It ranks 100th in education and 26th in health. The district has been continuously slipping in education and this time it has had its worst performance in two years.
• Under the aspirational districts, work is being done in Muzaffarpur especially on education, health, agriculture, financial and skill development, and basic infrastructure. There were continuous achievements in the field of education in the district.
• From December 2020 to 2021, the district remained in the top positions from 1 to 10. After this it reached the 20th and 64th number.
• This time not only has the ranking slipped to 100th but the scoring has also decreased. This time the score has gone down by one percent compared to last time.