GOAL:-8

DECENT WORK
AND ECONOMIC
GROWTH
 The global targets for goal 8 to be
achieved by 2030 are as follows:-
◦ Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and,
in particular, at least 7% gross domestic product growth per annum in the least
developed countries.
◦ Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological
upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-
intensive sectors.
◦ Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job
creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and encourage the formalization
and growth of micro-small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to
financial services.
◦ Improve progressivel, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and
production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental
degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on
sustainable consumption and production with developed countries taking the lead.
Goal 8 Index Score
◦ The SDG Index Score for the goal of decent work and economic growth ranges
between 33 and 90 for states and between 60 and 91 for UTs.
◦ Goa is the top performer, and Daman and Diu among the UTs.
◦ 17 states and UTs are front Runners (with index score greater than/equal to 65).
◦ Three states are categorised as Aspirants (with Index score less than 50).
Front Runners
◦ Goa
◦ Andhra Pradesh
◦ Gujarat
◦ Telengana
◦ Maharashtra
◦ Arunachal Pradesh
◦ Haryana
◦ Karnataka
◦ Himachal Pradesh
◦ Tamil Nadu
◦ Uttrakhand
◦ Mizoram
 Performers
◦ West Bengal
◦ Meghalaya
◦ Assam
◦ Kerala
◦ Bihar
◦ Madhya Pradesh
◦ Punjab
◦ Rajasthan
◦ Sikkim
◦ Chattisgarh
◦ Uttar Pradesh
Aspirants
◦ Jammu and Kashmir
◦ Nagaland
◦ Manipur
Government of India initiatives
◦ By the end of 2030, ev ery citizen of the country, male or female, including persons with
disabilities should have decent work contributing towards GDP of the country.
◦ Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a central sector scheme
administered by the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises, aims to generate
employment opportunities by establishing micro enterprises in rural as well as urban.It is a
credit linked subsidy programme where self help groups registered under societies
registration act, 1860 are eligible for subsidies to set up projects under PMEGP.
◦ Start-up India was launched by the government to foster and environment for nurturing
innovation and start-ups in the country, aimed at driving economic growth and generating
large scale employment opportunities.
◦ Skill India seeks to provide institutional capacity to train a minimum of 400 million skilled
people by 2022. It’s focuses on short-term vocational education programmes, with the
mission to scale-up skill development efforts by creating an end to end, outcome focused
implementation framework, which aligns demands of the market with a well-trained and
skilled workforce.