Localising SDGs: Early lessons from India 2019
- Jan 2019
- NITI Aayog
- India
The Government of India is fully committed to the 2030 Agenda, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The commitment of the Government of India to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals can be realised if actions at the national level are complimented by initiatives of the State governments and the Union Territories (UTs), given its federal governance structure where most of the functions that have a bearing on SDGs fall within the purview of the sub-national / state governments
Localisation relates both to how local and sub-national governments can support the achievement of the SDGs through bottom up action as well as how the SDGs can provide a framework for local development policy. These entail participatory planning, implementation, and evaluation. This document presents the journey of India and the lessons learned from the varied experience of different States and UTs in localising the SDGs. It puts together, in one place, the innovative, people-centric and collaborative actions in envisioning, capacity development and monitoring of SDGs, highlights areas of improvement and way forward towards achieving the same at the sub-national level in a time-bound manner.
