Lok Sabha Question No. 151 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Sustainable Development Goals
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.151 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

## 151: SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

## * SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

Will the Minister of  INFORMATION  AND  BROADCASTING  be pleased to state:

- (a)  the salient features of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG);
- (b)  the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilized  under  these  Goals  during  the last three years and the current year across the  country,State-wise  including the Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (c)  the details of the targets fixed and achievements made thereunder so far;
- (d)  whether  the  achievements  are  upto  the  set  targets,  if  not,  the  reasons therefor and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  joined  or  proposes  to  join  SDG  Media Compact initiative with other organizations from across the world; and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING {COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

- (a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) of the LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *151  FOR  ANSWER  ON 20.12.2018 REGARDING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

- (a) to  (d)  The  resolution,  "Transforming  our  world:  the  2030  Agenda  for Sustainable Development", establishing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  and  169  related  targets,  was  adopted  by  193  countries  including India  in  the  UN  General  Assembly  in  September 2015.  The  17  SDGs  and 169 related targets cover social, economic and environmental dimensions of development and are to be achieved by 2030. The SDGs in India came into effect on 1 st January 2016.

India's national development goals are mirrored in the SDGs as such India has been effectively committed to achieving the SDGs even before they were fully crystallized. NITI Aayog has carried out a detailed mapping of the 17 Goals  and  169  related targets to Nodal  Central Ministries, Centrally Sponsored  Schemes  and  major  government  initiatives.  State  Governments have  carried  out  a  similar  mapping  of  the  SDGs  and  targets  to  the departments and programmes in their respective States.

The  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  (MOSPI)  is entrusted with: (i) developing National Indicator Framework in consultation with concerned Central Ministries/ Departments to monitor the progress of SDGs; (ii) establish coordination mechanism among line Ministries/Departments and other data source agencies relating to National as well as Global SDG indicators; (iii) to act as a SDG Focal Point of the Country for coordination of data related activities SDGs global monitoring; (iv)  assisting  States  &  UTs  in  establishment  of  monitoring  framework  at State level; and (v) capacity development of various statistical institutions at Union and State level. Statistical indicators of National Indicator Framework would form the backbone for monitoring the SDGs at the national and state level and will scientifically measure the outcomes of the policies to achieve the targets under different SDGs.

- (e) The SDG Media Compact is an initiative of United Nations (UN) and the Ministry  of  Information  &  Broadcasting  has  accepted  the  invitation  of United  Nations  received  through  Asia-Pacific  Institute  for  Broadcasting Development  (AIBD),  Malaysia  as  it  provides  a  mechanism  for  media

organizations to work together with the UN to scale up the activities related to  advancing  awareness  on  the  SDGs.  Content  partnerships,  increased editorial  consideration,  corporate  initiatives  and  increased  efforts  to  source and  share  high-value  media  content  relating  to  the  Goals  are  some  of  the areas  on  which  Member  Nations  under  SDG  Media  Compact  of  UN  shall act.

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