SDG India Index Monitoring
SDG 1: No Poverty
SDG 2: Hunger
SDG 3: Health
Indicators used to assess performance on SDG 15
15
LIFE
ON LAND
SDG 4: Education
SDG 5: Gender
SDG 6: Sanitation
SDG 7: Energy
SDG 8: Work
SDG 9: Industry
Indicator
short name
Forest Cover
Period
Target
Indicator
assessed
2030
Percentage of total land area
covered under forest
2017
33
Change in
Water Bodies
Decadal change in extent of
water bodies within forests from
2005 to 2015 (%)
2017
0
Change in
Forest Area
Change in forest area from 2015
to 2017 (%)
2017
0
Change in
Percentage change in
estimated population of wild
2017
0
elephants over 5-year period
Degraded
Area
SDG 10: Inequality
SDG 11: Cities
UN SDG Targets captured in the above Indicators
SDG 14: Water
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
SDG 15: Land
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.a
15.b
15.c
SDG 16: Peace
SDG Div, NITI Aayog, 2019View entire presentation