Lok Sabha Question No. 3333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Sustainable Development Goals
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2015

## SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

## *3333   SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL

SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is need to have 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to implement it to get 169 related goals in 2016 in India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is non-availability of sufficient data to formulate a relevant policy and also lack of financial resources with the Government to achieve the said Global Sustainable Development Goals;
- (d) if so, the details in this regard; and
- (e) the steps being taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to collect sufficient data on SDGs to formulate a relevant policy and to generate resources for the SDGs funds?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) In September, 2015, the United Nations adopted the document titled Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopting a new set of 17 global Sustainable Development Goals for the next 15 years, i.e. up to 2030. These SDGs are containing 169 targets. Moreover, these are universal goals and targets which involve the entire world, developed and developing countries (including India) alike.

(b) The  SDGs  include  Poverty,  Employment,  Education  and  Literacy,  Health,  Gender  Equality  and Women  Empowerment,  Child  Development,  Water  and  Sanitation,  Modern  Energy  and  Decent  Work, Resilent  Infrastructure, Sustainable cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, combat climate change, Conserve  and  sustainably  use  the  oceans,  seas  and  marine  resources,  Protect  ecosystems,  reverse  land degradation and halt biodiversity loss, Promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provide access to justice for all.

The Government of India has been implementing a number of Central Sector / Centrally Sponsored Development Schemes throughout the country for the benefit of the people at the grass root level. Every year, sufficient  funds are allocated under the Union Budget to run these schemes. These schemes like Pradhan Mantri  Jan-Dhan  Yojana  (PMJDY),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGA), National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), National Health Mission (NHM), Sarva Shiksha Abyhiyan (SSA), Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Swachh Bharat Mission etc. are addressing most of the targets identified by the UN under the SDGs.

(c) (d) and (e) -

The Implementing Ministries of the Union Government have been collecting data on regular basis on the  CS/CSS  schemes  with  regard  to  their  targets  and  achievements.  The  MIS  data  of  the  Implementing Ministries will help in mapping the SDGs. However, as the SDGs have been intimated by the UN to the participating countries like India very recently, Government of India has initiated work to map the different CSS schemes that are co-relating the SDGs and to identify the indicators for the targets under the SDGs.

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