{ THE DISTRICT WAS RANKED SIXTH IN MAY } Varanasi tops UP rural mission ranking for June

Under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission, Varanasi district secured the top position in the ranking released by Lucknow headquarters for June 2025 The rankings are now being issued monthly based on various indicators, said district mission manager Shravan Kumar Singh, adding that the district was ranked sixth in May.

- HT Correspondent

The rankings are based on a range of indicators, including profiling of self-help groups, village organisations and clusters on the LokOS app, group forma-

tion, village organisation, credit linkage, start up fund, internal audit, model clusters, BC Sakhi, Vidyut Sakhi, internal community resource person (ICRP) for food nutrition health wash (NHW) producer group, expenditure in relation to the annual action plan.