Current Affairs - Miscellaneous - Discussion

Indian government selected 115 backward districts for rapid transformation by 2022, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to create a "New India" over the next five years. Senior level government officials, at the rank of Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary, have been nominated as 'Prabhari' officers for each district. Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba reported 35 districts have been selected on the basis of reported violence by Left Wing Extremists, 55 districts are affected by Left Wing Extremism and another 15, including districts in Jammu and Kashmir and northeast, are affected by terrorism