Efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals- 2015

According to The Millennium Development Goals Reports of the United Nations and India Country Report, 2015 brought out by the Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), the progress achieved by India is quite satisfactory in respect of majority of Goals/ Targets. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

The Minister said that the Government of India is a signatory of the Millennium Development Goals and makes all efforts to achieve the targets set for the Goals/indicators associated with it. The Administrative Ministries such as the Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development are implementing a number of schemes and programmes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), National Health Mission (NHM), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Swachh Bharat Mission etc. to improve India’s social indicators to attain MDGs.

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