Lok Sabha Question No. 4289 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Strategies towards SDG
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Shri Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PLANNING

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4289

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## STRATEGIES TOWARDS SDG

## 4289.  SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken strategies towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2025 -30 approach which involves  creating  State  Institutions  for  Transformation  (SITs)  and strengthening State Science and Technology Councils;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof along with the focus area and plans for development  of  health,  infrastructure  and  rural  development,  Statewise; and
- (c)            the  details  of  strategic  plan  for  New  India  @75  with  detailed exposition of forty-one crucial areas particularly in West Bengal?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) & (b) In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Government  of  India  has  undertaken  several  key  initiatives  through flagship  schemes  and  programs  which,  inter  alia,  include  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS), Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), PM Awas Yojana (PMAY), Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (Ayushman  Bharat),  Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN Abhiyan 2.0, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), PM Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA), MUDRA Yojana, SAUBHAGYA scheme, PM Ujjwala Yojana, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), Swachh Bharat Mission, PM Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP),  Skill  India,  Digital  India,  Smart  Cities  Mission,  Mission Lifestyle  for  Environment  (LiFE),  Aspirational  Districts  and  Block Programme,  Start-Up  India,  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  of  Urban Transformation  (AMRUT).  Under  the  State  Support  Mission,  State Institutions  for  Transformation  (SITs)  were  established  for  long-term visioning,  evidence-based  policy  formulation  and  outcome-focused governance.  NITI Aayog has developed a Roadmap for Strengthening State Science and Technology Councils which suggests steps towards structural  reforms,  capacity  building  and  enhanced  collaboration  of State  S&T  Councils  which  can  help  in  accelerating  the  Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem in States.  Government of India  provides  support  to  States/UTs  in  developing  the  sub-  national level monitoring frameworks, which helps them to track the SDGs.
- (c) Government has prepared a national development strategy document  titled  'Strategy  for  New  India  @75',  which outlines  policy priorities across forty-one key areas covering sectors such as agriculture, industry, infrastructure, education, health, financial inclusion,  governance  and  environment  for  the  entire  country.  The document is available in public domain and can be accessed at

https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2019-01/Strategy\_for\_New\_India\_2.pdf.