By: Sameer Lone
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has finalized 206 indicators and 81 target points as part of its framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the Niti Aayog.
The districts indicator framework covering 15 goals, 62 targets and 166 indicators has also been finalized and the districts have been asked to prepare district SDG progress reports annually,” said Sushma Chauhan, Secretary Planning, Monitoring and Development Department.
Among the 206 indicators finalized with the NITI Aayog, 23 indicators are solely specific to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir aimed to track the sustainable development goals.
The 17 SDGs are: (1) No Poverty, (2) Zero Hunger, (3) Good Health and Well-being, (4) Quality Education, (5) Gender Equality, (6) Clean Water and Sanitation, (7) Affordable and Clean Energy, (8) Decent Work and Economic Growth, (9) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, (10) Reduced Inequality, (11) Sustainable Development.
According to the official sources, the J&K has shown improvement on 11 goals and has moved from being a performer to frontrunner in SDG index.
“Under e-samiksha, out of 360 issues to be addressed; only 28 remain to be resolved,” they said.
The remaining issues are also being addressed on an ongoing basis, it has been learnt and under BADP for the year 2022-23 for Rs. 228 cr has been uploaded on MHA portal.
It was revealed that under PMDP, 25 projects have been completed and another 4 projects will be completed by the end of the ongoing fiscal year.
Official sources told Precious Kashmir that the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has put achievement SDGs on the top priority and the departments have been directed to take measures in collaboration with the line departments to prepare an actionable time bound framework for improving on SDG index.
The target is that J&K secures the achiever status on SDG index in the next three months, they said and in this direction SDG dashboard is coming up in a week’s time.
