India Has Been Important Contributor To Progress Across SDGs: Vice Chair Of NITI Aayog

India, through its efforts, has been an important contributor to progress across the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. Vice Chair of the NITI Aayog Suman Bery said this while delivering the National Statement, emphasizing India’s commitment to sustainable development and inclusive growth at the High-Level Political Forum, HLPF General Debate at the United Nations. Mr. Bery said that through its efforts, India has been an important contributor to progress in SDGs. He mentioned that India has succeeded through successful delivery of physical and digital infrastructure at scale, targeted social safety net programmes with digital delivery to minimize fraud, improved women’s agency, and attention to program delivery in the least developed administrative jurisdictions. It also strengthened local and national response to natural and manmade disasters. Mr. Bery highlighted that all of this has been achieved in a participative, democratic framework with orderly transfers of power at the level of India’s states and at the Centre. He also mentioned that on the multi-dimensional poverty index, India is on track to achieve target 1.2, much ahead of the 2030 deadline, as around 135 million Indians escaped multi-dimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21. Regarding climate action, the Vice Chairman added that India has invested heavily in renewable energy and decarbonization of the economy, despite having among the lowest per capita emissions.