16th Periodic Plan to have dedicated chapter for SDGs

The 16th Periodic Plan is to feature a separate chapter about issues concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This was informed during a meeting of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance, the National Assembly today. The approach paper of the 16th Plan has been already drafted and currently, the document is under discussions.

Amidst this, the Committee’s today meeting discussed it connecting to the SDGs. During the meeting, Committee President Prakash Panth said plans targeted at excluded committees had been marred by the gaps in the implementation and such issues be considered in course of preparing a final draft of the Plan.

Stating that grants working procedures of the governments at various levels were based on a distributive approach, he urged the National Planning Commission (NPC) to take a lead for making such endeavors productive.

Lawmaker Kamala Pant was of the view that good governance, social justice and prosperity should be the priorities of the upcoming five-year periodic plan.