Lok Sabha Question No. 4925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Sustainable Development Goals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE STION NO. 4 925 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST MARCH, 2017

## SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPM ENT GOALS

## 4925. SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Governments across the world have agreed on an ambitious agenda to trans the world by 2030, through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and if so, the details the of;
- (b) the details of schemes and policies to achieve success in SDGs; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to improve the health standards in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a):    As  per  the  resolution  of  UN  General  Assembly  in  September,  2015  the  Sustaina Development Goals (SDGs) have been adopted by 193 member nations. These countries agree upon 17Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that include the foll owing:
- Goal   1:   E nd poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Goal  2:  End  hunger,  achieve  food  security  and  improved  nutrition  and  promote  sustaina agriculture
- Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well - being for all at all ages
- Goal  4:  Ensure inclusive  and  equitable  quality  education  and  promote  lifelong  learni opportunities for all
- Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
- Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Goal 7: Ens ure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- Goal  8:  Promote  sustained,  inclusive  and  sustainable  economic  growth,  full  and  produc employment and decent work for all
- Goal  9:  Build  resilient  infrastructure,  promote  inclusive and  sustainable  industrialization  and foster innovation
- Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
- Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patt erns

Contd………

Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

- Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustai development
- Goal  15:  Protect,  restore  and  promote  sustainable  use  of terrestrial  ecosystems,  sustainably manage  forests,  combat  desertification,  and  halt  and  reverse  land  degradation halt biodiversity loss
- Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide a to  justice  for  all  an d  build  effective,  accountable  and  inclusive  institutions  at levels
- Goal  17:  Strengthen  the  means  of  implementation  and  revitalize  the  global  partnershi sustainable development.

(b): A list of schemes and initiatives inter alia being i mplemented is attached (Annexure). NITI  Aayog  has  mapped  out  all  the  SDGs  on  the  Central  Ministries,  Centrally - Sponsored Schemes,  and  major  government  initiatives.  The  draft  mapping  has  been  circulated  amo Central Ministries and States/ UTs and placed i n public domain. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has proposed draft national indicators for the SDGs and placed t in  the  public  domain  inviting  comments  and  views.  Central  Ministries  are  leading implementation process of SDGs .

(c): National Health policy 2017 is key step for improving the Health standard by defi role  of  Government  in  shaping  health  systems  in  all  its  dimensions  like  invest organisations, financing etc.

Also, within the umbrella of National He alth Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is running various initiatives and schemes like Free Drugs Initiatives, Free Dia Initiative, PM National Dialysis Programme, Kayakalp, Quality Assurance etc. for impro Healthcare system, provi ding universal healthcare and improving health outcomes.

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## List of Schemes

|   1 | National urban Livelihood Mission                                           |
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|   2 | National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)                        |
|   3 | National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)                                    |
|   4 | National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)                                 |
|   5 | National Land Record Management Programme (NLRMP)                           |
|   6 | National Food Security Mission                                              |
|   7 | Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture                          |
|   8 | National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture                                 |
|   9 | National Oilseed and Oil Palm Mission                                       |
|  10 | National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology                   |
|  11 | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna                                                |
|  12 | National Livestock Mission                                                  |
|  13 | Livestock Health and Disease Control                                        |
|  14 | National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development                |
|  15 | National Health Mission                                                     |
|  16 | Human Resource in Health and Medical Education                              |
|  17 | National Mission on AYUSH including Mission on Medical Plants               |
|  18 | National AIDS & STD Control Programme                                       |
|  19 | Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)                                |
|  20 | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan                                                       |
|  21 | National Programme Nutritional Support to Primary Education (MDM)           |
|  22 | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)                                  |
|  23 | Support for Educational for Development including Teachers Training & Adult |
|  24 | Scheme for Providing Education to Madrasas, Minorities and Disabled         |
|  25 | Rashtriya Uchhtar Shiksha Abhiyan                                           |
|  26 | National Mission for Empowerment of Women including Indira Gandhi Mattritav |
|  27 | Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (SABLA)             |
|  28 | National Rural Drinking Water Programme                                     |
|  29 | Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan                                                       |
|  30 | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana                                      |
|  31 | National River Conservation Programme (NRCP)                                |
|  32 | National Service Scheme (NSS)                                               |
|  33 | Skill Development Yojana                                                    |

## Annexure

|   34 | Social Security for Unorganized Workers including Rashtriya Swastya Bima Yojana             |
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|   35 | Border Area Development Programme (BADP)                                                    |
|   36 | National Handloom Development Progarmme                                                     |
|   37 | Catalytic Development Programme under Sericulture                                           |
|   38 | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)                                                     |
|   39 | Multi Sectoral Development Programme for Minorities                                         |
|   40 | Backward Regions Grant Fund (District Component)                                            |
|   41 | Schemes for Development of Scheduled Castes                                                 |
|   42 | Schemes for Development of Other Backward Classes and Denotified, Nomadic - Nomadic Tribes. |
|   43 | Scheme for Development of Economically Backward Classes (EBCs)                              |
|   44 | Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Students                                                |
|   45 | Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)                                                          |
|   46 | Rajiv Awas Yojana                                                                           |
|   47 | Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)                                                                    |
|   48 | Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)                                                   |
|   49 | National Programme for Persons with Disabilities                                            |
|   50 | Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)                                    |
|   51 | Conservation of Natural Resources and Eco Systems                                           |
|   52 | National Afforestation Programme (National Mission for a Green India)                       |
|   53 | Integrated Development of Wild Life Habitats                                                |
|   54 | Project Tiger                                                                               |
|   55 | Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA)                                               |
|   56 | Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary including Gram Nyayalayas            |
|   57 | Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)                                                   |
|   58 | Support for Statistical Strengthening                                                       |
|   59 | Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana                                                              |
|   60 | Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana                                                     |
|   61 | Atal Pension Yojana(APY)                                                                    |
|   62 | National Nutrition Mission(NNM)                                                             |
|   63 | National food Security Act(NFSA), passed in2013                                             |
|   64 | Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana(2016)                                               |
|   65 | Beti Bachao Beti Padhao                                                                     |
|   66 | Support to Training and Employment programme for Women(STEP) 2014                           |
|   67 | Janani Suraksha Yojana                                                                      |