New Delhi, March 30 -- The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), the flagship scheme to transform 112 underdeveloped districts, will be revamped as the NITI Aayog aims to incorporate "major refinements and structural improvements in the existing framework, with selective modifications in programme design and implementation process", the policy think tank told a House panel. New districts might be added to the scheme, it stated.

ADP 2.0 will have revised key performance indicators, and the emphasis will be on innovation and training people in selected districts. But the cash rewards for the best performers might be done away with, according to the think-tank's officials. "Several existing indicators have reached near-saturation across m...