Economic Survey 2021-22: Haryana leading state in SDG Index

Haryana is continuously working towards achieving the social, economic and environmental goals under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Index). During the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the Parliament by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman divulged the information that Haryana is included in the leading states of the country in the NITI Aayog SDG India Index 2020-21. Haryana is at the top position in 2020-21 in terms of score improvement from 2019 with an increase of 10 points.

The priorities have been set for each state, under which they are given 17 targets to achieve the desired goals. All the parameters set to achieve the SDG Goals 2030 are being implemented in the state in a phased manner. While regarding this, the Chief Minister, Manohar Lal said that the administrative officers of the state government will definitely take Haryana forward on the path of development by achieving the targets set under the SDGs. According to the Economic Survey report, in the financial year 2021-22, Haryana has achieved the coveted status of 100 percent households with tap water supply under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Although this target was to be completed by 2024, but with the visionary thinking of the Chief Minister, Haryana Government decided to complete this target by 2022. Now the next target of the government is to provide 55 liters of clean drinking water per person in the entire Haryana by December 2022. Haryana Government has made available the facility of toll free number 1800 180 5678 with UMANG and SARAL app for quick disposal of water-related problems like new connection, water supply and complaints regarding quality.

The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), launched in August 2019, envisions providing adequate safe drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households in rural India by the year 2024. In the year 2019, out of about 18.93 crore households in rural areas, about 3.23 crore (17 per cent) rural households had tap water connections. As of January 2, 2022, a total of 5,51,93,885 households were provided with tap water supply since the inception of the mission. 6 States/UTs including Haryana have achieved the coveted status of 100% households with tap water supply.