NEW DELHI : Amitabh Kant, Chairman of Empowered Group 6 (EG 6) and CEO NITI Aayog, on Monday said that only 610 covid-19 cases have been reported from 112 backward districts of the country. "We have worked there with Collectors in 112 backward districts, which we call aspiration districts that come under the aspirational district programme.
Till now in those 112 districts, only 610 cases have been reported that is only 2 per cent of the national level infection. In 112 districts, 22 per cent of India's population resides.
Of these, six districts have reported the first case after April 21," Kant told reporters here. He said that the group has mobilised more than 92,000 NGOs/civil society organisations, appealing them to assist states and