Training Report: Millennium Development Goals in the SAARC Region

Country Reports
Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the
proportion of people who suffer from
hunger
Nutrition Programs:
Ø National Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Ø Integrated Child Development Scheme or
ICDS (1975)
Ø Food Security Programs for the poor include:
• Targeted Public Distribution Scheme (TPDS)
• Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Achievement:
MGD Goal Targets Major
Indicators
Goal 2: Achieve
universal
primary
education
3. Ensure that
by 2015,
children
everywhere,
boys and girls
alike,
will be able to
complete a full
course of
primary
education.
Net Enrolment
ratio in primary
education
Proportion of
pupils starting
grade 1 who
reach grade 5
Literacy rate
(15-24 yrs)
1990
(estimat
ed
value)
Assessm
ent done
for the
latest
Year
Value
achieved
for the
latest
year
MDG
Target
2015
77 2008-09 98.6 100
62
(1999)
2008-09 76 100
61 2001 76.4 100
Achievement:
MGD Goal Targets Major
Indicators
Goal 3:
Promote
gender equality
and empower
women
4. Estimate
gender
disparity in
primary and
secondary
education,
preferably by
2005, and in
all levels of
education ,
no later than
2015.
Ratio of girls to
boys in
primary
education
Ratio of
Literate women
to men (15-24
years)
Share of
women in wage
employment in
non-agriculture
1990
(estimat
ed
value)
Assessm
ent done
for the
latest
Year
Value
achieve
d for the
latest
year
MDG
Target
2015
0.73 2007-08 0.98 1.00
0.67 2007-08 0.88 1.00
18.6
(2004-
05)
2009-10 18.6 50
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