BJP state president Annamalai has said that Tamil Nadu is lagging behind in Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals Index.
In his X post about this,
In the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indices published by Niti Aayog, it has been revealed that Tamil Nadu is lagging behind other states in many sectors. Specifically, it ranks 10th on the Gender Equality Index, 9th on the Clean Water and Sanitation Index, 10th on the Sustainable Cities and Communities Index, 10th on the Responsible Consumption and Production Index, 15th on the Life on Land Index, and 15th on the Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Index. In the index, Tamil Nadu has been lagging behind the other states in many indices such as being ranked 9th.
In particular, violence against women, children, scheduled and tribal communities has been reported to have increased significantly in Tamil Nadu in the last three years. Disappearances of children also increased by about 11%. Also, deaths due to road accidents and suicides in Tamil Nadu have increased significantly in the last three years, according to the report. Apart from this, employment in the manufacturing sector has declined and innovation capacity has fallen by more than half from 37.91% to 15.69%, which is shocking. Apart from these, the low overall enrollment rate in higher education and low proficiency in language skills and mathematics subjects among eighth graders are of great concern.
The increase in violence against scheduled and tribal communities shows the trend against social justice in Tamil Nadu. Moreover, it is very easy to understand that the basic reason for the increase in violence against women and children and the increase in road accidents is the uncontrolled sale of alcohol, the sale of counterfeit liquor, and the sale of narcotics including ganja.
The Niti Aayog report has reflected many things that the Tamil Nadu BJP has so far consistently pointed out as the DMK government’s administrative blunders and shortcomings. Annamalai has urged the DMK government to take constructive measures keeping the welfare of the state in mind instead of engaging in diversionary efforts as usual.
