A/HRC/41/50 36 The Government of India has adopted a strategy for inclusive development, with the creation of entitlements backed by legal guarantees on aspects of life that are vital for an individual’s well-being and inclusion in the economic and social mainstream of society. The Government has worked towards realizing the rights to information, to work and to education. The vision of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas (collective effort, inclusive development) forms the cornerstone of the Indian development agenda and several government programmes are aimed at achieving that vision. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana programme is the world’s largest financial inclusion programme. By leveraging that programme, a biometric identity system and mobile telephones, the Government has directly distributed Rs 1.6 trillion (US$ 25 billion) to 329 million beneficiaries. The implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act generated over 2 billion person-days of employment during 2016 and 2017 for disadvantaged individuals. Over 130 million people have gained access to life and accident insurance under new programmes. Direct financial assistance is being extended to poor households to secure housing for all by 2022. More than 800 million Indians receive affordable food grain through the public distribution system. A midday meal programme provides nutritious meals to 100 million children in primary schools, and 62 million soil health cards issued to farmers have boosted sustainable agriculture that is adaptive to climate change. Over 22 million families have received liquid petroleum gas connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme, and the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative provides a comprehensive package of welfare services for girls.24 37. The Government of China attaches great importance to implementing the 2030 Agenda, integrating it into the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development and other medium- and long-term development strategies. In September 2016, China launched its National Plan on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Guided by the vision of innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development, China has worked to promote economic, political, cultural, social and ecological progress in all respects through the alignment of strategies, institutional guarantees, social mobilization, allocation of resources, risk management, international cooperation, and oversight and review mechanisms. The Government has been implementing the 2030 Agenda in all sectors and has achieved early results for several targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. 25 China made efforts to lift 800 million people out of poverty within three decades – one of the key goals in the 2030 Agenda. 26 More than 1.3 billion Chinese people have improved access to food and clothing. In its response to the questionnaire, the Government of China indicated that China had been praised by the United Nations as one of the fastest developing countries in the past 30 years. The national development strategy of China is aimed at continuously protecting and realizing the right to development as a basic goal. The Government established the “three steps” strategy, followed by the “new three step” development strategy for modernization in the first half of the twenty-first century, and the “well-off society” strategy and the “two centenary” goals. The call to respect and guarantee human rights was put forward as an important goal for building a prosperous society in all respects. The Thirteenth Five-Year Plan adheres to the new concept of development, which requires everybody to participate, make an effort and share resources, with an emphasis on equal opportunities for all, protecting basic livelihoods and improving the well-being of people. The Plan is aimed at allowing all people to participate in an overall prosperous society, and a strong policy framework is provided for the comprehensive promotion of all human rights, including the right to development. China has established an interministerial joint conference mechanism composed of 43 government departments to comprehensively promote the implementation of the National Plan on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and has achieved fruitful results. The progress report on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda28 provides a comprehensive summary of implementation measures and progress, and useful references for other countries to implement their own sustainable development agendas. Since 2009, the Government has formulated and implemented three national 24 25 26 12 See https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/15836India.pdf. See China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China’s Progress Report on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (August 2017). Yanjun Cheng and Pai Li, “The right to development in Chinese practice”.