Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Tuesday asked all the Administrative Secretaries in the S to ensure effective implementation of schemes pertaining to
their respective departments so as to achieve 17 new sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 targets identified by United Nations on issues critical to the humanity and the planet.
Addressing the workshop on ‘Sustainable Development Goals-Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Haryana: 2030 Action Plan’ here, the Chief Minister said that the State aims to align its existing schemes and programmes with the SDGs target and prepare a vision 2030 document as well as an action plan for achieving the goals.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government is actively working towards the 17 new SDGs and hoped that the goals would be achieved well before the scheduled time. These SDGs would eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere, end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition
and promote sustainable
agriculture, ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
These would also ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all, achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, he said.
Manohar lal directed the Additional Chief Secretaries to create such a mechanism so that each and every beneficiary gets the benefit of various welfare schemes being implemented by the State Government.
He said that the 25 Good Governance Associates have been appointed with an objective to ensure good governance and transparency in the working of Government. These Good Governance Associates would be in the field from July 18 to see whether the people at grassroot level are getting the benefit of government schemes and would report to the State Government.
Besides, they would also assist in the implementation of various programmes of the State Government.
Speaking about the Chief Minister (CM) Window, he said that about 1.50 lakh complaints have so far
been received on the CM Window out of which maximum complaints have been disposed off.
Special emphasis has been laid on the use of Information Technology (IT) in all government departments of the state. The state has reached number one position in the country in terms of Aadhar registration, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu assured
that Haryana would not only be able to achieve SDGs,
but would also go beyond that by improving the overall
quality of life of people
in the State.
UN Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in India, Yuri Afanasiev was also present in the workshop. Afanasiev assured the Chief Minister that with the cooperation of the State administration, the draft of the Action Plan for achieving the target of sustainable development in Haryana would be prepared in four months i.e. by November 2016.