Phase V constituencies: Women's health insurance remains key challenge

Progress on other development indicators including adolescent pregnancy

Constituencies from six states and two Union Territories going to vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday are off the mark in meeting several sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Health insurance among women remains a key challenge for all 49 constituencies. More than half of these constituencies are off target on 20 of the 33 SDGs related to population, health, and socioeconomic well-being, according to a Business Standard analysis of the dataset from a study titled ‘Call for action: presenting constituency-level data on population, health, and socio-economic well-being related to 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for India’.

The study