Professional Documents
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In India
Submitted by – Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Regn. No. – 12116009
Submitted to – Mr. Vinod Singh Parmar
B. Planning 2nd Year
LSAD
The United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (UN SDGs), also known as the Global
Goals, are a broad set of 17 goals that all UN
member states have committed to working
towards. The goals cover a wide range of areas,
including poverty alleviation, gender equality,
healthcare, education, and climate change.
SDG Goals
adaptation.
• It comprises eight core Missions in specific areas of solar
energy, enhanced energy efficiency, sustainable habitat, water,
sustaining Himalayan ecosystems, Green India, sustainable
agriculture, and strategic knowledge for climate change.
• 33 States and Union Territories have prepared State Action
Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the
SDG 13
objectives of NAPCC.
• The adaptation activities in the States and Union Territories
of India are being supported through National Adaptation
Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC).
• NAFCC is implemented in project mode and to date, 30
adaptation projects have been approved under NAFCC in 27
States and UTs.
•To •Goal 13 Index Score
India’s measure India’s
performance towards the SDG Index Score for
Goal of Climate Action, Goal 13 ranges
Take on five national-level between 16 and 70 for
indicators have been States and between 18
SDG 13 identified, which capture and 77 for us.
two out of the five SDG •Odisha and Andaman
targets for 2030 outlined and Nicobar Islands
under this Goal. The are the top performers
indicator set also covers among the States and
one SDG target each the UTs, respectively.
from Goals 3, 7, and 11). •Six States and three
•These indicators have UTs bagged a position
been selected based on in the category of Front
the availability of data at Runners (score range
the sub-national level and between 65 and 99,
to ensure comparability including both).
across States and UT’s •However, ten States
and two UTs fell
behind in the Aspirants
category (with Index
scores less than 50)
• Achieving the SDGs in a country as
diverse as India will be a Herculean
task, but not unachievable.
• We need to clearly identify priorities,
have locally relevant and people-centric
Way forward development policies and build strong
partnerships.
• The government also needs to have a
focused plan for tracking and evaluating
impact and scaling up successful
interventions.