Punjab Cabinet gave in-principle approval for a Four-Year Strategic Action Plan (4SAP) – 2019-23, and Annual Action Plan 2019-20 to set Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the State.
The action plan will also set the key performance parameters for government officials for their integration into the development process of the State. It was also decided to approve their integration into the State Budgetary process.
Chief Minister’s Office’s spokesperson said that these key parameters were in line with the United Nations-2030 Development agenda, which contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), comprehensively covering social, economic and environmental dimensions.
Focussed on goals, targets and performance assessment of each department, these would be reflected in the annual performance appraisal reports of key personnel as per targets assigned to them, said the spokesperson.
The Cabinet also gave the green signal to the strategic action plans of Departments of Health and Family Welfare, Food and Civil Supplies, Forests and Wild Life and Animal Husbandry Dairy Development and Fisheries.
Notably, in order to take up proper planning, implementation and monitoring of the progress of realization of the UN SDGs, the State Government had already constituted a Task Force headed by the Finance Minister, besides appointing a steering committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary.