PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said the aspirational districts programme changed the lives of more than 25 crore people in 112 districts of the country and its success will now form the basis of the aspirational blocks programme. He spoke at the launch of a week-long programme for aspirational blocks called ‘Sankalp Saptaah’, at Bharat Mandapam. The PM stressed on the importance of optimum utilisation of resources, convergence and public participation for development at the grassroots level.