Bihar's Nawada tops aspirational districts ranking in January: Niti Aayog SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 02, 2021, 09:33 PM IST Share Synopsis The delta rankings took into account incremental progress made by over 112 aspirational districts across six developmental areas in December 2020. Aspirational districts programme, launched in January 2018, aims to transform districts that have shown relatively lesser progress in key social areas. Nawada in Bihar has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by government think tank Niti Aayog in January. Kiphire (Nagaland) and Namsai (Arunachal Pradesh) are at the second and third positions, respectively, Niti Aayog said in a tweet on Tuesday. Hailakandi (Assam) and Chandel (Manipur) are at the fourth and fifth places, respectively.