Goals are made by us leading to the path of one's own transformation and life changing journey. Sustainability means development without any major changes.For transformation of the world and its sustainable development the UN General Assembly on December 2015 came up with 17 social development goals and 169 targets that are achieved by each nation till 2030. These goals are adopted by 193 countries and came into effect in 2016.
Origin of SDG
SDG evolved from MDG( Millennium Development Goals ) 2015. MDG was set up in 2000( was the first attempt to establish measurable goods and target).At Rio + 20 conference in 2012 , member states decided to elaborate new post 2015 sustainable development framework. The world saw significant political and economic changes over 15 years since the adoption of MDG.
India's performance on MDG especially on health and nutrition improved but stayed sub optimal.
MDG were not able to fullfill the health and development needs as they were too narrow in their scope.
India scored a rank of 110 in the year 2016 which jumped up 6 points to reach 116 indicating the poor performance of our country and on the other hand it provides enormous space for improvement.
What are these Goals??
The General Assembly while formulating SDG put forward 17 goals that are as follows
Good health and well being
Clean water and sanitation
Affordable and clean energy
Decent work and economic growth
Industry , innovation and infrastructure
Sustainable cities and communities
Sustainable consumption and production
Life below water
Life on land
Peace, justice and strong institution
Partnership for the goals.
Raw Data - Raw data for each 62 priority indicators should be compiled and missing data identified.
Target Setting - A national target value was set up for each indicator
Normalisation - Rescale raw value to a scale from 0 to 100
Goal Score - Computed aggregates score under each SDG by calculating A.M of normalised core values.
Composite SDG - Measured composite SDG India Index score by averaging all goals scored.
India has a long way to go . The road to success is difficult but not impossible. We can achieve a sustainable development only when we develop a strong communion between the citizens and the Government. In a democratic country like ours where we elect the ruling party it should be the sole duty of that party to serve the common mass rather than creating difficulties at each and every stage of life.