{"id":49768,"date":"2025-07-30T19:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=49768"},"modified":"2025-07-30T19:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:44:44","slug":"niti-aayog-india-third-voluntary-national-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/30-07-2025\/niti-aayog-india-third-voluntary-national-review","title":{"rendered":"NITI Aayog Presents India\u2019s Third Voluntary National Review (VNR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Economy<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NITI Aayog<\/strong> presented India\u2019s <strong>Third Voluntary National Review (VNR) Report <\/strong>on <strong>SDGs <\/strong>at the <strong>Ministerial Segment of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) <\/strong>on SDGs, convened by the <strong>Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The VNR 2025, prepared under the stewardship of <strong>NITI Aayog<\/strong> and was developed through a wide-ranging consultative process involving state and Union Territory governments, civil society organisations, development partners, and the private sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The report outlines India\u2019s achievements <strong>over the past ten years across a wide spectrum of development indicators.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This VNR marks <strong>India\u2019s third submission<\/strong> to the HLPF, reaffirming the country\u2019s sustained commitment to the <strong>UN 2030 Agenda for SDGs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Major Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Poverty Alleviation:<\/strong> Around 248 million individuals estimated to have escaped Multidimensional Poverty (MPI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Food Security:<\/strong> PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana has ensured nutritional support for millions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Health and Nutrition: <\/strong>POSHAN Abhiyaan and Ayushman Bharat have expanded access to quality nutrition and healthcare.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clean Energy:<\/strong> Programs like the National Green Hydrogen Mission, PM-KUSUM, and PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana are strengthening India\u2019s transition to clean energy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Innovation and Growth: <\/strong>India is now the third-largest start-up ecosystem in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Infrastructure and Industry: <\/strong>Schemes such as PM Gati Shakti, Make in India, and the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme are building next-generation infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SDG Implementation in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India has made significant strides in localising Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through robust, data-driven governance frameworks. Tools such as the SDG India Index, the North-Eastern Region District SDG Index, and the National Multidimensional Poverty Index have enhanced monitoring and evaluation mechanisms at national and sub-national levels.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flagship initiatives <\/strong>like the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) and the Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) further exemplify India\u2019s commitment to ensuring last-mile delivery and saturation of essential government services, particularly in underserved and developmentally lagging regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>United Nations\u2019 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the <strong>foremost platform<\/strong> for international follow-up and <strong>review of the 2030 Agenda<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has been meeting annually since <strong>2016 <\/strong>under the auspices of the <strong>UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the HLPF, <strong>UN member countries<\/strong> present their<strong> Voluntary National Review (VNR)<\/strong> on the implementation of SDGs.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The VNRs serve as a <strong>basis for the international review<\/strong> of the progress on the SDGs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Agenda 2030 is aligned with India\u2019s long-term vision of Viksit Bharat @2047 \u2013 a developed India by its 100th year of independence &#8211; underscoring an integrated development strategy grounded in inclusion, innovation, and institutional strength.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2149181#:~:text=Vice%20Chairman%2C%20NITI%20Aayog%2C%20Shri,ECOSOC)%20of%20the%20United%20Nations.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">NITI Aayog presented India\u2019s Third Voluntary National Review (VNR) Report on SDGs at the Ministerial Segment of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on SDGs, convened by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The VNR 2025, prepared under the stewardship of NITI Aayog and was developed through a wide-ranging consultative process involving state and Union Territory governments, civil society organisations, development partners, and the private sector.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The report outlines India\u2019s achievements over the past ten years across a wide spectrum of development indicators.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">This VNR marks India\u2019s third submission to the HLPF, reaffirming the country\u2019s sustained commitment to the UN 2030 Agenda for SDGs.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/30-07-2025\/niti-aayog-india-third-voluntary-national-review\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49802,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49768\/revisions\/49802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}