State tops SDGs India index for sustainable cities

BLURB: Chief Secy reviews department-wise progress

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 5

Punjab has ranked number one among the states in the country in sustainable development goals (SDGs) India index-2020-21 for sustainable cities and communities, besides making into the frontrunner list with a score of 68.

This was disclosed by Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan, after reviewing department-wise progress of the state as per the SDGs India index-2020-21, here on Thursday.

Chairing a meeting with the administrative secretaries of implementing departments, the Chief Secretary said there were 22 indicators where the performance of the state/index score was 100. These included major indicators such as percentage of individual household toilets constructed against target (SBM-G), pupil-teacher ratio at secondary level (Class IX-X), percentage of households electrified, districts verified to be ODF (SBM-G) and individual household toilets constructed against targets.

During the meeting, some of the administrative secretaries apprised the Chief Secretary that data values taken for the indicators were not based on latest trends. They further said as per the present scenario, there would have been a significant improvement over the data values used for the SDG India index 2020-21.The Chief Secretary directed all administrative secretaries to take up the issues related to data correction.