Local Sustainable Development Goals Implementation
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets were adopted by member states of the United Nations in September 2015. Local governments have a crucial role to play in achieving the SDGs. While the goals are universal, the implications and intervention possibilities are local.
The twin objectives of the Panchayati Raj system as envisaged by the Indian Constitution are to ensure local economic development and social justice. Panchayats are expected to play an effective role in the planning and implementation of functions
related to 29 subjects enlisted in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution.
Gram panchayats (GPs) across the country are preparing gram panchayat development plans (GPDP), presenting an opportunity for the GPs to synchronize their plans with SDGs.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has recommended a thematic approach for attaining SDGs and identified 9 SDG related themes for focussed interventions through Panchayats. Those 9 themes are:
Theme 1: Poverty free and enhanced livelihoods Panchayat
A poverty free Panchayat, that ensures there is social protection so that none slip back to poverty. A village where there is growth and prosperity with enhanced livelihoods for all.
Goal
- Comprehensive coverage of all eligible beneficiaries under livelihood and social protection schemes including PDS, ICDS, etc.
- Economic development & employment generation through individual/collective enterprises
- Ensuring people (poor & vulnerable) are receiving sufficient food at subsidized price all the year
- Increase the income of farmers in engaged in agriculture
- Ensure access to basic services (Housing, Water and Sanitation)
- Reduce poverty by providing wage employment under MGNREGS
Theme 2: Healthy Panchayat
Ensure healthy lives and well- being for all at all ages
Goal
- Eliminate stunting and wasting
- Eliminate anaemia amongst adolescent girls and women
- Low cost, highly nutritious and locally procured cereals, vegetables, fruits, eggs etc
- Preventive and curative measures for communicable diseases
- Zero maternal deaths, child deaths under 5 years
- Provision for medical care and health facilities for all
Theme 3: Child Friendly Panchayat
To ensure that all children are able to enjoy their rights for survival, development, participation and protection to reach their full potential
Goals
- Ensure Healthy Children
- 100% enrolment in the school.
- Reduction in child marriage cases
- No trafficking cases
- 100% child labor free
- Ensure protected environment from all kinds of violence against children
Theme 4: Water Sufficient Panchayat
A village with Functional House Tap Connections to all, with targeted standard of quality water supply, good water management and abundant water availability for agriculture and all needs, and conserving its water ecosystem
Goals
- Access to adequate clear water to all and potable water facilities.
- Access to sanitation facilities in the villages.
- Ensure 100% usage of HHL.
- Develop mechanism on grey water treatment & purification.
- Ensure 100% ODF.
- Address groundwater depletion, arsenic contamination, rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge.
- Maintain ecosystem through conservation of natural resources
Theme 5: Clean and Green Panchayat
Creating a village for the future of our children, which is lush and green with nature’s bounty, using renewable energy, clean, protecting environment and climate resilient
Goals:
- 100 % usage of non-renewable energy
- 100 % ODF
- Ensure greenery by plantation and nursery bed
- Reduce the use of firewood
- Ensure access to energy to all for lighting, house hold devices, cooking, irrigation
- Ensure conservation & maintenance of bio-diversity and eco-system
Theme 6: Self-sufficient infrastructure in Panchayat
To achieve Self-sufficient Infrastructure and ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services.
Goals:
- Establishment of Playgrounds
- Drinking Water-Toilets- quality Infrastructure for Schools, AWC, Health Centre, CSC
- Ensure all weather connectivity roads, solar street lights and community solar tree, ensure pucca house for all
- Ensure proper covered drainage system.
Theme 7: Socially Secured Panchayat
Every person in the village must feel cared for and all eligible must be covered by social security systems.
Goals:
- Improve living standards of the BPL HHs.
- Ensure social protection schemes
- Enrolment of children and pregnant women under ICDS
- Providing productive employment
- Appropriate infrastructure
- Reduced inequalities and all forms of discrimination
Theme 8: Panchayat with Good Governance
Ensuring benefits of development under various schemes and responsive service delivery to all residents of GP through Good Governance
Goals:
- PRI-SHG Convergence- Establishing Partnership and collaboration in Village
- Coordination and convergence among various institutions/ Stakeholders for preparation of GPDP
- Promoting better public service delivery by use of technology (CSC co-located / service delivered as per citizen charter)
- Conduct of Gram Sabha, Monthly GP Meeting, Maintenance of Statutory Records
- Ensuring progress monitoring of different activities of Govt Departments & Institutions
- Social Audit – Utilization of Fund (Approval in Gram Sabha)
Theme 9: Women-Friendly Panchayat
To achieve gender equality, provide equal opportunities, empower women and girls in a safe environment
Goals:
- Reduce crimes against women and girls.
- Ensure safety of women in all public and private spheres.
- Improve participation of women in socio-political, economic activities and participation in community-based organizations.
- Equal wages for equal pay to the women.
- Ensure quality nutritious food to all girl children aged under five years
- To facilitate banking service for woman
- Reduce the maternal mortality ratio
- Create environment for total enrolment and retention of girl children in schools