Lok Sabha Question No. 657 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Millennium Development Goals
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA, RITI PATHAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.657

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 2 nd  DECEMBER, 2015

## MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

657.  SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRI HARISH MEENA: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

PROGRAMME

- (a) whether  the  country  is  not  on  track  to  meet  the  Millennium Development  Goals  since  last  few  years,  the  deadline  for  which expires  this  year  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the statistical year book shows that only a few targets have been met;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- the  action  prepared  by  the  Government  to  achieve  the  said

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENATION,  MINISTER  OF  STATE FOR MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF  STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF  OVERSEAS  INDIAN  AFFAIRS  [GENERAL  (Dr.)  V.K.  SINGH (Retd.)]

- (a) India's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) framework consists of 8 Goals and 12 targets. The deadline for MDGs is 2015 and as per the latest data available, out of the 12 targets, India is on track for 5  targets  and  for  another  4  targets,  India  is  moderately  on  track. India is lagging behind in respect of 2 targets, and progress under
- (d) targets/goals?
- one  component  is  not  statistically  discernable.    Goal  and  target wise progress details are given at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI)  is  entrusted  with  the  statistical  tracking  of  MDGs  on  the basis of official statistics generated at national level and brings out Millennium  Development  Goals  India  Country  Report.    The  latest report 'Millennium Development Goals India Country Report 2015' is available in the website of the Ministry (www.mospi.gov.in) and the report presents the latest status of the Country's progress towards achieving  MDGs for all  the  8  Goals  and  12  targets  in  India's  MDG framework.  Another MOSPI publication 'Statistical year book 2015' contains a chapter on MDGs where India's progress towards MDGs is presented and is in conformity with the 'Millennium Development Goals  India  Country  Report  2014'.    However,  the  latest  status  of India's MDG achievement is available in the 'Millennium Development Goals India Country Report 2015'.
- (d)  The  various  Programme  Ministries  of  the  Government  of  India are taking initiatives/ programmes and implementing various development oriented schemes towards achieving MDGs which are included in the report 'Millennium Development Goals India Country Report 2015'.

## Annexure referred to at Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.657 for answer on 02.12.2015

## India's Progress towards achieving MDGs

| MDG 1:     | ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER                                                                                                                                                           |
|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| TARGET 1:  | Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day - On -track                                                                                  |
| TARGET 2:  | Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger - Slow progress                                                                                                  |
| MDG 2:     | ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION                                                                                                                                                            |
| TARGET 3:  | Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling - Moderately On-track                                             |
| MDG 3:     | PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN                                                                                                                                                      |
| TARGET 4:  | Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 - On-track                                                |
| MDG 4:     | REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY                                                                                                                                                                         |
| TARGET 5:  | Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the Under- Five Mortality Rate - Moderate progress                                                                                                |
| MDG 5:     | IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH                                                                                                                                                                        |
| TARGET 6:  | Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio - Slow progress                                                                                                  |
| MDG 6:     | COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES                                                                                                                                                    |
| TARGET 7:  | Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS - On-track                                                                                                                     |
| TARGET 8:  | Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases - On-track                                                                                          |
| MDG 7:     | ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY                                                                                                                                                            |
| TARGET 9:  | Integrate the principle of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources - Moderate progress                                    |
| TARGET 10: | Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation - On-track for the indicator of drinking water but slow progress on Sanitation |
| TARGET 11: | By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers - Pattern not statistically discernible                                                 |
| MDG 8:     | DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                                   |
| TARGET 18: | In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications - On- track                                                 |

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