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World Sustainable Energy Day on Feb 27. Worrisome situation, as MP concentrates on off-target districts, losses out on SDGs

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Worrisome situation, as MP concentrates on off-target districts, losses out on SDGs
Madhya Pradesh is concentrating on off-target districts for United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) says a study published in the Lancet journal in February 2023.
The study added that India is trailing behind in achieving more than 50% of indicators under SDGs seven years before the 2030 deadline.
There are 17 SGDs providing a blueprint for the safety and prosperity of people and the planet, which 192 UN member states committed to achieving by 2030. The study, which offers the first mid-line assessment of India’s progress for the 2030 Agenda, measured progress made across 9 goals by identifying 33 key indicators.
According to the study, India has fallen behind on 19 of 33 indicators. As per statistics cited, over 75% of Indian districts are off target for eight crucial indicators including poverty, anaemia, child marriage domestic violence, stunting and wasting of children, access to essential services, modern contraceptive use and tobacco consumption.
Further, the study said that because of a worsening trend observed between 2016 and 2021, and assuming no course correction occurs, many districts will never meet the targets on the SDGs even well after 2030.
“The off-target districts are concentrated in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha,” said the study conducted at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and led by a team of international researchers.
The study added that off-target indicators, including access to basic services and partner violence (physical and sexual), may be met between 2041 and 2062.
Health drags MP and country down in SDG
The biggest challenge for MP along with the country is meeting indicators related to health and social indicators of health. India will not be able to meet the targets on anaemia. “Since the prevalence has increased (worsened) for 3 of these, Anaemia among Women, Pregnant, and Non-Pregnant Women between 2016 and 2021, and assuming this trend continues, India would never be able to meet the SDG targets related to Anaemia,” the study added.
Shockingly, the fifth and latest round of the National Family Health Survey (2019-2021) revealed more Indians are anaemic than ever before, with at least 67% of children and 52.2% of women having anaemia.
India is faring well on 13 targets. These include bank accounts for women, birth registration, internet use, electricity access, full vaccination, birth registration, and lowering of child marriage among others.
Renewable Energy Targets
MP’s renewable energy target must touch 25 per cent by next year, i.e. 2024. MP is the top fourth in the country when it comes to thermal power. However, the state is lagging in the installation of renewable power and has achieved less than half of its target set for next year, which it hopes to make up for with large-scale projects. The state has reached 44 percent of the target of 12 GW by 2022, as cited in CEEW study.

GROWTH PROJECTIONS

2019-20

2024

2030

Percentage of Renewable Energy in the total energy generated

10%

25%

30%

Surplus power availability

28.5%

16.4%

10%

Smart metering for consumers consuming 200 units/ month & above

30%

50%

100%

Billing efficiency

85%

88%

>90%

Collection efficiency

98%

100%

100%

World Sustainable Energy Day
World Sustainable Energy Day 2023 will be celebrated on February 27 across the world to create awareness among the people about the importance of the conservation of energy for future use.


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