True about Millennium development goals: September 2009, March 2012, March 2013 (b, e)
Ans. B: Targets to be achieved by 2015 Park's PSM, 21st ed., p-830 states: Governments have set a date of 2015 by which they would meet the MDGs. Signed on to by all the world's countries and the world's leading development institutions, they represent a blueprint for ending global povey and have galvanised unprecedented suppo from governments, institutions and civil society organizations. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are 8 goals namely: Eradicate extreme povey and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child moality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/ AIDS, malaria, and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a global panership for development.
Total of 15 goals have to be achieved
Targets to be achieved by 2015
Policy of Indian government
Concerned only with the provision of primary health care