TN aims for ‘decent work' for all by 2030
Chennai: Tamil Nadu is focusing on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) including productive employment and decent work for all by 2030.
The vision document prepared by the State Planning Commission and planning and development department also lays emphasis on reducing poverty in all its forms, promoting sustainable agriculture, access to modern energy, urgent action to combat climate change, protecting life below water and on land.
Quality education for all, gender equality, empowerment of women, building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, sustainable consumption and production patterns are other major goals. The document provides a comprehensive plan for achieving the SDGs by fostering the goal of 'Development for All'.
Underscoring the state govt's support through various initiatives, it said, the TN Rural Transformation Project works to improve the economic conditions of rural communities by promoting livelihood opportunities, access to markets and financial services, and enhancing the productivity of agriculture and allied sectors.
Further, the initiatives such as Skill Development Mission and TN Industrial Investment Corporation are helping towards achieving sustained economic growth and decent employment.
Another goal emphasized on ensuring access to affordable, sustainable, and modern energy for all, while the goal on climate action stressed the need to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy.
While the goal to protect life below water by using ocean resources sustainably and making ocean contamination free, the goal relating to protection of life on land is through conserving and restoring TN's terrestrial ecosystems.
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