Vice President Hamid Ansari today released the 'District Development and Diversity Index Report for India and Major States' brought out by Dr Abu Saleh Shariff here.
Speaking on the occasion, Ansari said the report is an important work of research and analysis, aimed at increasing socio-economic inclusion and participatory decision-making at grass-roots level, a press release said.
The exercise aims at assessing and computing the levels of development and equity of access to that development for each district in the country and will prove to be an effective tool for all stakeholders, the release said.
Ansari called upon them to quantify the need for equal opportunity.
He also congratulated Dr Shariff for his commendable effort, which, he noted, would go a long way in facilitating inclusion and addressing issues of discrimination and deprivation in our country.
