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| Information Deptt issues misleading statement on JK's ranking on SDG | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 27: Jammu and Kashmir Information Department seems to be misleading the public on the state's ranking on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index.
The Information Department Thursday released a press statement that Jammu & Kashmir has emerged among the best performing states in the country on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index.
"According to SDG India Index Baseline Report-2018 released by the NITI Aayog today, J&K's overall SDG index score is 61/100 against the national average of 54 and it has joined the league of top 10 performing states in the country," the statement reads.
However, when one looks at the report, J&K's overall SDG index score is 53 and has 20th rank among the states in India and 27th among the states and union territories in the country.
According to SDG India Index Baseline Report-2018 released by the NITI Aayog on Thursday, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu have been ranked on top 3 positions and are on track to achieve the UN SDG.
As per SDG Report, the states with cent percent score are enumerated as achievers, states with a score between 65 to 99 are front runners, states with a score ranging between 50 to 64 are performers and states with a score from 0 to 49 are listed as aspirants.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 goals with 169 targets by the United Nations. These goals were adopted by India in 2015 and are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all citizens.
The SDG index aims to promote healthy competition among states by evaluating their progress in social, economic and environmental terms that will help India in achieving the UN SDG by 2030.
According to NITI Aayog, CEO, Amitabh Kant, SDG India Index has been prepared to provide a holistic view on the social, economic and environmental status of the country and its states and UTs. The Index tracks the progress of all the States and UTs on a set of 62 national indicators, measuring their achievements on several SDG targets. It will also go a long way in helping analyze and identify best practices and priority areas, giving direction to developmental policies.
The report has been jointly prepared by the State Governments, Central Ministries, United Nations in India and NITI Aayog knowledge partners.
The performance of the states and union territories on indicators for SDG is based on percentage of the population living below national poverty line, households with any usual member covered by any health insurance scheme, persons provided employment under MGNREGA, percentage of population receiving social protection under maternity benefit and homeless households.
The agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), were adopted by 193 countries at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. The SDGs, which came into effect from 1 January 2016, have 2030 as their deadline for achieving the targets. SDGs are aimed at addressing key aspects of universal well-being across different socio-economic, cultural, geographical divisions as also the interconnectedness among these social multiple dimensions of improving human welfare. |
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