NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index

Current Context : Recently, National and subnational progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was released by NITI Aayog.

• SDG India Index 2023-24 measures and tracks national progress of all States and UTs on 113 indicators aligned to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s (MoSPI) National Indicator Framework (NIF).
• The composite score for India improved from 57 in 2018 to 66 in 2020-21 to further to 71 in 2023-24.

SDG ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE:

• Over 4 crore houses under the PM Awas Yojana (PMAY),
• 11 crore Toilets & 2.23 lakh Community Sanitary Complexes in rural areas
• 10 crore LPG connections under PM Ujjwala Yojana.
• Tap water connections in over 14.9 crore households under Jal Jeevan Mission.
• Over 30 crore beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
• Coverage of over 80 crore people under the National Food Security Act (NFSA)
• Access to 150,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandir which offer primary medical care and provide affordable generic medicines.
• Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of ₹34 lakh crore made through PM-Jan Dhan accounts.
• The Skill India Mission has led to over 1.4 crore youth being trained and upskilled and has reskilled 54 lakh youth.
• PM Mudra Yojana sanctioned 43 crore loans aggregating to ₹5 lakh crore for entrepreneurial aspirations of the youth besides Funds of Funds