Monitoring the Progress of Sustainable Development Goals in Punjab
2019
Assessment Report
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This report is based on state and national level data from secondary sources including Census of India 2011 and NFHS-4, 2015-16. Considering the differences in sampling methods and different sample sizes, this report does not compare the data but presents data from varied sources with gender and health equality perspective. First section of this report deals with socio demographic profile of Punjab and health and nutrition profile of the population of the state. A section on maternal health includes indicators related to ANC, delivery care and PNC services received by women in Punjab and indicators for women’s access to information about SRH and the SRH services. Section on gender equality provides report on violence against women, indicators related to child marriage and women empowerment. This is followed by key recommendations for achieving targets under SDG3 and SDG5 in Punjab.