NITI Aayog, UNICEF to partner for achieving SDGs concerning children
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NITI Ayog and UNICEF are partnering to realise United Nations’ SDGs relating to children.
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Ayog) and United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) are collaborating to work to achieve the United Nations’ sustainable development goals concerning children in India. As per an official statement, the two organisations have inked a Statement of Intent that focuses on children.
NITI Aayog and UNICEF India signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on children, according to an official statement.
The statement further read that UNICEF India and NITI Aayog are developing detailed measures to gain an understanding of the multidimensional attainments and deprivations among children across health and nutrition, education, water and sanitation, and household living standards, in order to achieve the SDGs' child development priorities.
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar remarked that this child-focused SDG project builds on India's efforts to track progress through the SDG India Index and Dashboard, which remains a unique data-driven initiative for driving policy change.
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar went on to say that this new program with UNICEF is established on the principle of achieving SDGs for children and ensuring that no child is left behind.
The official statement further informed that this partnership among NITI Aayog and UNICEF India will develop the methods, technical analysis, reporting, and action planning for the first report on the ‘Status of India’s Children’ while emphasising on multi-dimensional aspects of child development such as health, education, nutrition, protection, and other relevant areas.
(With PTI inputs)
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