GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE (BUDGET) DEPARTMENT
“NABANNA”
325, SARAT CHATTERJEE ROAD, HOWRAH-711102
No. 1175(58)-FB Date: 27th November, 2025
From: Shri. Prabhat Kumar Mishra, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
To: Additional Chief Secretary/ Principal Secretary/ Secretary,
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Sub: Preparatory activities for publication of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Report.
Sir/ Madam,
Finance Department, Government of West Bengal has decided to publish a Report/ Budget Publication on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) from the coming financial year 2026-27. 17 (Seventeen) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) area universally accepted parameters adopted by the United Nations in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. Those are as a whole an integrated framework that address economic, social, and environmental sustainability through goals like No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Life on Land. The SDGs are a shared blueprint for a better and more sustainable future, with a commitment to “Leave No One Behind”.
As a pre-requisite the Heads of Account/ Schemes owned by various Departments are required to be mapped with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as per the nature of work/ outcome achieved through expenditure from the Departmental Heads/ Schemes out of public money. Through that exercise the SDG budget of the Department as well as of the Government of West Bengal will be reported as well as expenditure-cum-achievement of target shall be measured in seamless manner. This will act as tool for the Government to measure the development (sector wise spending of public money), optimum utilization of resources, prioritize the spending in achieving sustainable goals and also for measuring the outcomes achieved through such spending. In order to execute the initial task of mapping the existing HoA/ schemes with 17 SDG(s), in hassle-free manner through IT intervention, an online interface has been developed in the i-Budget application of Finance Department. Departmental authorities are required to map all their existing Schemes/ Heads based upon the nature of work with the SDG Goals. The user manual for the said exercise is attached herewith and also available in portal.
Financial Advisors or any officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary of the Department will act as Nodal Officer under the respective Department for execution of the entire task in liaison with the Head of the Department.
This exercise is to be completed within 12.12.2025.
Brief description of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are given in Annexure-A. This may be treated as urgent.
Yours faithfully,
(P.K. Mishra)
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal