November 9, 2018

Boosting climate resilience in coastal communities

India took an important step toward its goals for low-carbon, climate-resilient development today with the approval of a US$43 million grant from the Green Climate Fund, […]
November 9, 2018

Progress Against Multidimensional Poverty

There is some good news for India. Three different robust, credible measures of poverty have recorded a dramatic reduction in the incidence of poverty in India. […]
November 9, 2018

Inter-Agency Task Force Award

India’s health ministry has received the prestigious UN Inter-Agency Task Force Award for “outstand­ing contribution to the achievement of NCD (Non-Communicable Diseases) related SDG targets. At […]
November 9, 2018

India can change the world: Espinosa

India’s success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals can change the face of the world, UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa has said, describing the […]
November 9, 2018

Young Business Champion for SDGs

Manasi Kirloskar , the Executive Director and CEO, Kirloskar Systems Limited, has been appointed the first United Nations Young Business Champion for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) […]
November 9, 2018

Boosting Private Investment for SDGs

Invest India has received the top UN Investment Promotion Award in recognition of its efforts to boost investments in the renewable energy sector in India. The […]
November 9, 2018

UN Secretary General praises India’s Commitment to SDGs

During his recent visit to India UN Secretary-General António Guterres praised India’s progress on imple­menting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular the pursuit of Sanitation […]
November 9, 2018

Monitoring implementation of SDGs

A high-level steering committee will be set up to periodi­cally review and refine the national indicator frame­work (NIF) for monitoring how India is implementing the UN […]
November 9, 2018

The big leap of Bijapur: A case study

A green umbrella of trees greets people driving from Bastar to Bijapur in Chhattisgarh. With over 6500 sq km of dense forests, rocky hills and the […]