The SDG India Index: Baseline Report 2018 shall be released by the NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, NITI Aayog, CEO Shri Amitabh Kant and UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Yuri Afanasievat NITI Aayog tomorrow on Friday, December 21.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which came into being in September 2015, are in the Third year of global implementation. The SDGs are ambitious global aspirations on development that address key aspects of universal wellbeing, across different socio-economic, cultural, geographical divisions as well as the interconnectedness among the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development.

NITI Aayog has the twin mandate to oversee the implementation of SDGs in the country, and promote Competitive and Cooperative Federalism among States and Union Territories (UTs).

In exercise of these roles, NITI has developed the SDG India Index, a comprehensive Index to measure progress of States / UTs, through a single measurable Index and the First Baseline Report for 2018, prepared with the support of Global Green Growth Institute and UN in India.

SDG monitoring: NITI Aayog to publish a national index measuring states' progress under collaborative federal oversight. NITI Aayog will publish the SDG India Index: Baseline Report 2018 as a national mechanism to monitor Sustainable Development Goal progress across States and Union Territories. The Index consolidates multiple indicators into a single measurable score to compare and track subnational performance and is intended to promote Competitive and Cooperative Federalism through a common baseline developed with international partners.