Budgetary allotments to MDGs inadequate: CBGA

Budgetary allocations of greater magnitude required to achieve MDGs by 2015, says CBGA

GN Bureau | September 20, 2010




India’s budgetary allocations for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is inadequate, says a new study.

“In its last two budgets, the Union Government had taken an expansionary fiscal stance to deal with the challenges emerging from the global financial crisis during 2008-09 and 2009-10. However the 2010-11 Budget underscores its intent to revert to the path of fiscal conservatism,” the Centre for Budget and Government Accountability (CBGA) said in the report.

The report also came heavily on government’s dealing with the MDGs goal like reducing poverty, child mortality and maternal health, where India performs badly. According to the report, “Many of the existing schemes addressing these development deficits are constrained by poor design, low unit costs, weak institutions and archaic budgetary processes; as a result, even the prevailing quantum of budget outlays are not leading to any visible improvement in the development outcomes.”

The report also maintains ‘Many of the problems relating to the financing of government interventions for MDGs stem from the fact that India has had very low magnitudes of public expenditure on development sectors until now.’  

The report also outlines that while the country has given emphasis on reducing poverty and hunger (Goal 1 of the MDGs) through different schemes, but same interventions are lacking in other seven MDGs commitment.

The report recommended that India should increase its budgetary allocations on MDGs with greater accountability.

Read the report

Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA) report on MDGs

The WNTA report on MDGs prepared with the consultation with the different civil society groups across India presented disappointing figures on India’s goal on reaching it by 2015.

“Despite the ‘limited’ objective of the MDGs, even these ‘limited’ benchmarks have not been addressed by the successive governments as is evident from the recent developments of special economic zones (SEZs), mining and other initiatives rooted in neo-liberal ideologies,” says the report which is in response to India’s country report – 2009 released this year in June by government.

Various contributors have written on India’s status on the MDGs.

Read the report

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