(a) whether India`s progress is on track for achieving the UN`s Millennium Development
Goals; and
(b) if so, the details thereof including the goals that India is likely to achieve and those
that India is likely to fall short of?
(a) whether India`s progress is on track for achieving the UN`s Millennium Development
Goals; and
(b) if so, the details thereof including the goals that India is likely to achieve and those
that India is likely to fall short of?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) & (b): The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) coordinates
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) monitoring system and releases Progress
Reports from time to time. Millennium Development Goals, India Country Report, 2011 is
the latest report brought out by the Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation in December 2011. So far as India is concerned, 8 MDGs
with 12 targets are relevant which are sought to be achieved during the period 1990 to
2015. A Brief on the MDG goals, targets and the assessment of performance for the latest
year available based on this Report is given at Annexure. There has been progress in all
indicators. Since further progress is expected to be made in the remaining period upto
2015, it is hoped that performance with reference to the 2015 targets will be satisfactory.
The Administrative Ministries such as the Ministry of Rural Development,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development
are implementing a number of schemes relevant to attainment of MDG targets.