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Economic Times
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Economic Times
India shows progress on SDG, challenges remain
India's SDG progress report highlights advancements in poverty reduction and social protection. Social protection now covers 64.3% of the population. Poverty declined to 14.96% between 2019 and 2021. Maternal mortality also decreased. All districts are now open defecation free. Inequality in household expenditure has reduced in both rural and urban areas. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads India has made significant progress on key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including poverty reduction, social protection, and maternal mortality ratio, but challenges remain, a progress report released on Sunday protection coverage in the country has expanded to 64.3% of the population as of 2025 from 48.8% in 2022 and 22% in 2016, according to the SDG National Indicator Framework (NIF) Progress Report indicator comes under SDG 1 of end proportion of people living in poverty declined to 14.96% in 2019-21 from 24.85% in 2015-16, said the report released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on the occasion of the 19th Statistics under the National Food Security Act , 2013, expanded to 99% of the eligible population in 2024-25, compared to 95.2% in this mark a significant improvement in the country's poverty metrics. On health indicators, the maternal mortality ratio declined to 93 per lakh live births in 2019-21 from 130 in 2014-16. Sanitation goals have also seen strong growth, with 100% districts now declared open defecation free (ODF) and access to a toilet facility across rural and urban Gini coefficient of household expenditure, which measures the degree of inequality among all sections of consumers, decreased to 0.237 in 2023-24 from 0.283 in 2011-12 in rural areas. For urban areas, it decreased to 0.284 in 2023-24 from 0.363 in 2011-12. "This shows a clear move toward more equal spending and reduced income inequality across both regions," the ministry noted. However, "significant challenges continue to persist" in some sectors, the ministry half of regular wage/salaried employees in the non-agriculture sector are without any social security direct investment (FDI), as a share of gross national income (GNI), declined to its lowest at 0.5% in 2024-25. It was 0.75% in 2023-24 and 2.16% in the volume of remittances as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) also declined over the years to 2.4% in value added as a proportion of GDP was 15.7% in 2024-25 compared to 16.8% in NIF serves as the backbone for monitoring SDGs at the national level, providing guidance to policymakers and the implementing agencies of various schemes and programs, the ministry tracks 284 indicators across 17 present, 29 states have a monitoring framework that supports the achievement of SDGs. Data shows that 62 central ministries and 35 states/union territories have a gender budget cell.
Time of India
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
India shows progress on SDG, challenges remain
India's SDG progress report highlights advancements in poverty reduction and social protection. Social protection now covers 64.3% of the population. Poverty declined to 14.96% between 2019 and 2021. Maternal mortality also decreased. All districts are now open defecation free. Inequality in household expenditure has reduced in both rural and urban areas. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads India has made significant progress on key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including poverty reduction, social protection, and maternal mortality ratio, but challenges remain, a progress report released on Sunday protection coverage in the country has expanded to 64.3% of the population as of 2025 from 48.8% in 2022 and 22% in 2016, according to the SDG National Indicator Framework (NIF) Progress Report indicator comes under SDG 1 of end proportion of people living in poverty declined to 14.96% in 2019-21 from 24.85% in 2015-16, said the report released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on the occasion of the 19th Statistics under the National Food Security Act , 2013, expanded to 99% of the eligible population in 2024-25, compared to 95.2% in this mark a significant improvement in the country's poverty metrics. On health indicators, the maternal mortality ratio declined to 93 per lakh live births in 2019-21 from 130 in 2014-16. Sanitation goals have also seen strong growth, with 100% districts now declared open defecation free (ODF) and access to a toilet facility across rural and urban Gini coefficient of household expenditure, which measures the degree of inequality among all sections of consumers, decreased to 0.237 in 2023-24 from 0.283 in 2011-12 in rural areas. For urban areas, it decreased to 0.284 in 2023-24 from 0.363 in 2011-12. "This shows a clear move toward more equal spending and reduced income inequality across both regions," the ministry noted. However, "significant challenges continue to persist" in some sectors, the ministry half of regular wage/salaried employees in the non-agriculture sector are without any social security direct investment (FDI), as a share of gross national income (GNI), declined to its lowest at 0.5% in 2024-25. It was 0.75% in 2023-24 and 2.16% in the volume of remittances as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) also declined over the years to 2.4% in value added as a proportion of GDP was 15.7% in 2024-25 compared to 16.8% in NIF serves as the backbone for monitoring SDGs at the national level, providing guidance to policymakers and the implementing agencies of various schemes and programs, the ministry tracks 284 indicators across 17 present, 29 states have a monitoring framework that supports the achievement of SDGs. Data shows that 62 central ministries and 35 states/union territories have a gender budget cell.
