Research Report SDG monitoring tool for 3 Gram Panchayats in Uddyam – Talasari Integrated Skills Development Project By Pankaj Shrivastav CEO Tathyashodh Development Consultants Dehradun [email protected] Feb 2018 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... 4 Abbreviations Used .................................................................................................................... 5 A. Evolution and importance of the Sustainable Development Goals ........................................ 6 1. The Millennium Development Goals and gaps in their achievement ............................................................6 2. The Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs .................................................................................................7 3. The importance of India in achieving global SDGs ........................................................................................7 4. Need for localisation of the SDGS ................................................................................................................8 5. Approach to the SDGs of the Government of India ......................................................................................8 B. Background to the study area and project ............................................................................. 9 1. The Uddyam project context .......................................................................................................................9 C. Why should we track the SDG Indicators? ............................................................................ 10 D. Methodology adopted for developing the SDG monitoring tool .......................................... 10 Step 1: Shortlisting the SDGs that would be monitored ................................................................................. 10 Step 2: Shortlisting of targets and Indicators for selected SDGS ..................................................................... 11 Step 3: Field testing of the indicator list and finalisation of indicators ............................................................ 11 Step 4: Data collection on each indicator....................................................................................................... 11 Step 5: Gap filling of missing data.................................................................................................................. 11 Step 6: Pruning of Indicators based on comparability with State and national data ........................................ 11 Step 7: Constructing the final baseline of the SDG indicators for Project Uddyam .......................................... 11 E. Major Findings from the SDG Baseline Data ......................................................................... 14 Goal 1 ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Indicator 1.1. Proportion of population living below the national poverty line ............................................................ 14 Indicator 1.2. Resource allocated by government directly to poverty reduction ......................................................... 14 a. Expenditure under MNREGS – 2016-17 ................................................................................................ 14 Indicator 1.3. Proportion of population covered by social protection floors systems .................................................. 14 a. Indira Awas Yojana .............................................................................................................................. 15 b. MNREGS ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Indicator 1.4. SC & ST students under post matric scholarship ................................................................................... 15 Goal 2 ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 Indicator 2.1. Prevalence of undernourishment (GAM) .............................................................................................. 16 Indicator 2.2. Prevalence of stunting age <5 (MAM) .................................................................................................. 16 Indicator 2.3. Prevalence of wasting age<5 (SUW) ..................................................................................................... 16 Indicator 2.4. Total cropped Area under Irrigation ..................................................................................................... 16 Goal 3 ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 Indicator 3.1. Maternal mortality .............................................................................................................................. 17 Indicator 3.2. Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel .................................................................... 17 Indicator 3.3. Under-five mortality rate ..................................................................................................................... 17 Indicator 3.4. Incidence of Tuberculosis .................................................................................................................... 17 Goal 4 ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 Indicator 4.1. No. of females to every 100 males enrolled in higher, technical and vocational education .................... 18 Indicator 4.2. Proportion of youth getting skill development trainings ....................................................................... 18 a. Actual Number of youth trained in target Gram Panchayats ................................................................ 18 b. Proportion of youth trained in skill development .................................................................................. 19 c. Youth Enrolment in vocational institutions ........................................................................................... 19 Goal 5 ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 Indicator 5.1. Child Sex Ratio .................................................................................................................................... 20 2 Indicator 5.2. Proportion of seats held by women in National, State and Panchayat Elected Bodies ............................ 20 Indicator 5.3. Proportion of female agricultural labourers ......................................................................................... 20 Indicator 5.4. Wages of casual labourers (gender wise) ............................................................................................. 21 Indicator 5.5. Agricultural wages (gender wise) ......................................................................................................... 21 Indicator 5.6. Number of mobile phone users, by sex ................................................................................................ 21 Goal 8 ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 Indicator 8.1. Annual agriculture production ............................................................................................................. 22 Indicator 8.2. Proportion of informal employment in non - agriculture employment .................................................. 22 Indicator 8.3. Average annual income of workers (indicator for decent work) ............................................................ 23 Indicator 8.4. Workforce Participation Rate (WPR) of women .................................................................................... 23 Indicator 8.5. Proportion of Households with out-migrant workers ............................................................................ 23 Indicator 8.6. Employment generated under MNREGS ............................................................................................... 24 Goal 12 ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Indicator 12.1. No. of Farmers practicing organic agriculture ..................................................................................... 25 Indicator 12.2. Per ha use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides ................................................................................. 25 Goal 13 ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 13.1. What do understand by the term "climate change"? ......................................................................................... 26 13.2. Have you observed any of above changes in past 5-10 years in your village/ area? ............................................ 26 13.3. What are the effects of the above climate