Meeting with States/ UTs on Status of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

5th December, 2018 (3:00 PM)Room No. 122, NITI Aayog, New Delhi

Status of SDGs in Chhattisgarh

Presentation by: P.P. Soti, Member, State Planning Commission, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh

q11 Working Groups formed (grouping relevant SDGs)

qChhattisgarh State Planning Commission as the Nodal Organization for SDG related efforts, documentation, monitoring etc.

qEfforts initiated towards establishing a ‘SDGCell’

i. Update on Institutional Structure for implementationand monitoring of SDGs

ii: Indicators and Data on Progress

qSDG Based Decentralized District Planning:

Ø To facilitate SDG based data collection, planning, implementation and monitoring

qLocalizing SDGs through Panchayat Development Goals (Gram Panchayat Development Plan-GPDP)

‘SDG Dashboard’ to track progress and for a more detailed district-wise analysis will soon be developed with technical support of UNDP

qCapacity Building Local Resources on SDGs:ØSDG Folder/ Booklet in

HINDI

http://spc.cg.gov.in/pdf/nc/SDG_Booklet.pdf

iii: Capacity Building Interventions

qWorkshops for Members of District Planning Committees (DPCs)

qDivisional Level Sensitization Programmes on SDGs (Sarguja, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, Raipur & Durg)

iii: Capacity Building Interventions

qSDG Orientation of Dept. Officials:

ØSDGs- an Introduction (7th Dec. 2016)- to all District

Planning & Statistical Officers

ØSDGs and Disaster Management (23rd Mar. 2017 & 20th Sept. 2017)- at Academy of Administration

ØImplementation of SDGs in Panchayats of Chhattisgarh (13th Oct. 2017)- at Academy of Administration

ØSDGs and Climate Change Adaptation (7th March,

2018)-at Academy of Administration

iii: Capacity Building Interventions

qAdvocacy for SDGs: Integrating SDGs in State’s Policies through Task Forces and Standing Working Groups

qNational level Consultations on SDGs: (SDGs agenda incorporated in 3 Declarations)

ØNational Conclave on Role of State Planning Organizations (22 Nov. 16)

ØNational Consultation on SDGs & Administrative Reforms (3-4 Aug. 17)

ØNational Consultation on Innovating for Children (21-22 Sept. 17)

qPartnership for SDGs: ‘SDG Project’ being implemented in joint partnership of CGSPC and National Foundation for India (NFI), New Delhi

iv: New Initiatives on SDGs

qSDG Based Participatory Policy Formulation:

ØDraft Youth Policy of the State (Presented before Hon’ble CM on 12th July 2017)

ØSports Policy of Chhattisgarh (Cabinet approval in Oct. 2017)

ØDraft Disability Policy of Chhattisgarh (stakeholders’ consultations held and draft policy submitted to the Social Welfare Dept.)

iv: New Initiatives on SDGs

ØSDG Audio-Visual Songs developed in Hindi language and four local dialects: qSargujiaqGondiqHalbiqChhattisgarhi

Outreaching Gram Panchayats through StateSpecific Customization of SDGs

qWeak Institutional CapacitiesqSDG based Budgeting still lackingqUrban Planning issues qConvergence challengesqData frequency and updationqLack of a Common MISqAvailability IEC material in local languageqOverpassing Statutory Committees through parastatal

bodies at gram panchayat level

v: Issues and Challenges