Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that the State is swiftly moving towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) goals 2030.
The Chief Minister while speaking during a workshop organized by Swarna Jayanti Haryana Institute for Fiscal Management (SJHIFM) said that since 2015. through the SDG Index development priorities have been set for every state under which they are given 17 goals to achieve desired targets. Haryana is swiftly walking on this pace and all the parameters fixed for achieving SDG goals 2030 are being implemented in a phased manner in the State, he said.
On this occasion, he also released Haryana Sustainable Development Goals Index 2020-21 and Haryana Provisional SDG District Index 2021 and congratulated the Finance Department and SJHIFM for their efforts in this regard. He further encouraged the Institute and all link departments to work in close coordination for the release of the subsequent edition as well.
“It is because of the zeal and enthusiasm shown by every wing of the State Government that Haryana has been ranked as the fastest growing state in the NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goal Index 2020-2021. Also, in the future as well, we will leave no stone unturned to bag the first position in the rest of the parameters too,” the Chief Minister said.
He further informed that through State Government’s ambitious Parivar Pehchan Patra scheme, a survey has been done to identify families having the lowest annual incomes and once a family has been identified, then under Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana (MMAPUY), it would be ensured that the family’s income is enhanced up to Rs one lakh per annum and later to Rs 1.8 lakh per annum by providing skill training and employment or financial assistance for setting up their own business.
Khattar said that the present State Government aims to make every family Atmanirbhar. The main aim of the workshop was to consult and guide the departments about the regular monitoring and progress strategies for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at the State as well as District level.
Earlier, Sanyukta Samaddar, Adviser, NITI Aayog said that Haryana has been ranked as the fastest growing state in the NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goal Index 2020-2021. Samaddar gave a detailed presentation on various topics including India's position in global rankings, Index estimations, the status of the State on Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and district-wise performance, National MPI, reform action plan among other parameters.
MAKE LIST OF DESERVING POOR FAMILIES FOR GOVT BENEFITS, KHATTAR TELLS BJP WORKERS
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday asked BJP workers to prepare a list of at least 10 poor families known to them so that the benefits of government schemes can reach the deserving beneficiary families. The Chief Minister was interacting with the members of the State Working Committee of the OBC Morcha of BJP here. MP Nayab Singh, Former Minister Karan Dev Kamboj, Mayor Yamunanagar, Madan Chauhan among the prominent dignitaries present on the occasion. Khattar said that the priority of the State Government is to uplift the financial status of poor families. Thus, to enhance the social and economic status of deserving poor families every worker should identify such families. For the identification of such families, a comprehensive survey is being conducted through Parivar Pehchan Patra, he said.