India's Achievements - MDGs

India is a signatory to the Millennium Declaration adopted at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2000.Report on India's Achievements in attaining eight goals of MDG:
Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty : India has been moderately successful in reducing poverty. In 1990, the all India Poverty Head Count Ratio (PHCR) was estimated to be 47.8%. In order to meet the 2015 target, the PHCR level has to be 23.9%. In 2011-12, the PHCR was 21.9%. This indicates that, India has achieved the poverty reduction target. However, eradicating hunger remains a key challenge. In 2015, malnourishment declined to 40 percent. This is still below the target of reducing malnourishment to 26 percent.
Achieve Universal Primary Education : India has made significant progress in universalizing primary education, and is moderately on track to achieve this Millennium Development Goal. Enrolment and completion rates of girls in primary school have improved and are catching up with those of boys, as are elementary completion rates. At the national level, male and female youth literacy rate is likely to be at 94.81% and 92.47%.
Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women: India is on track to achieve gender parity at all education levels, having already achieved it at the primary level. But women’s literacy rates lag behind that of men, indicating women’s poorer learning outcomes and opportunities.As of August 2015, India, the world's largest democracy, has only 65 women representatives out of 542 members in Lok Sabha, while there are 31 female representatives in the 242 member Rajya Sabha and hence presently the proportion of seats in National Parliament held by women is only 12.24% against the target of 50%.
Reduce Child Mortality : India’s Under Five Mortality (U5MR) declined from 125 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 49 per 1,000 live births in 2013. The MDG target is of 42 per 1000, which suggests that India is moderately on track
Improve Maternal Health: From a Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of 437 per 100,000 live births in 1990-91, India is required to reduce MMR to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. Between 1990 and 2006, there has been some improvement in the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), which has declined to 167 per 100,000 live births in 2009. However, despite this, India’s progress on this goal has been slow and off track.
Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases: India is on track to achieving this goal, since HIV, malaria and tuberculosis prevalence have been declining.
Ensure Environmental Sustainability : India has made some progress and is on track towards achieving the Seventh Millennium Development Goal of ensuring environmental sustainability. Forest cover has increased to 21.23 percent - an increase of 5871 sq. km, and protected areas cover to about 4.83 percent of the country’s total land area.India is on-track for achieving the MDG target for sustainable access to safe drinking water. The overall proportion of households having access to improved water sources increased from 68.2 percent in 1992-93 to 90.6 percent in 2011-12.
Develop a Global Partnership for Development : As part of the globalization process and integration with the global economy, India has emerged as one of the major development partners for fostering techno-economic and intellectual assistance to various developed and developing countries across the world.
 

By: Vishal