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On the occasion of 18^th Statistics Day, on 29^th June 2024, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the following publications on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

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  • Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework Progress Report, 2024
  • Data Snapshot on Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework, Progress Report, 2024
  • Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework, 2024 

2.         Endorsing India’s commitment to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while responding to national priorities, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has developed the National Indicator Framework (NIF) for SDGs, in consultation with concerned Ministries/ Departments, UN Agencies and other stakeholders, to facilitate monitoring of the SDGs at national level.  Based on the updated SDGs-NIF, every year on Statistics Day (i.e., on 29^th June) MoSPI releases the Progress Report on SDGs with time series data along with two more SDG publications which are derived from the progress report.

3.         In this series, the MoSPI released the following publications on 29^th June, 2024 on the occasion of Statistics Day, 2024:

(i)      Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework Progress Report, 2024

The report presents the time series data on the SDG national indicators, received from the data source Ministries, which will be instrumental in monitoring the national-level progress of the 17 SDGs.  SDG Progress Reports, released by MoSPI, serve as valuable tools for policymakers, planners, and other stakeholders. The report consists of four main sections:

(a)     Overview and Executive Summary- The ‘Overview’ covers the background of SDG-NIF along with the role and steps taken by MoSPI for facilitating the monitoring of SDGs at the national level. ‘Executive Summary’ includes goal-wise summary highlights/ progress made during the period under reference.

(b)     Data Snapshot presenting the data summary of the SDG national indicators.

(c)     Metadata contains information on each indicator describing goal, target, level & type of disaggregation, mapping with global indicator, unit of measurement, link/source(s) of data availability etc.

(d)     Data Tables presenting time series data on the indicators, wherever available. The data can be downloaded in MS Excel format.

1. Data Snapshot on Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework, Progress Report, 2024 is a derived report, in handbook form, from the Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework Progress Report, 2024, providing national level time series data for the SDG indicators.
2. Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework, 2024 is also a derived report, in handbook form, from the Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework Progress Report, 2024, encompassing all the national SDG indicators along with its data source and periodicity.  The report consists of 290 national SDG indicators.

4.         These reports on SDGs are readily accessible to the public and can be obtained from the MoSPI website (www.mospi.gov.in).

Highlights of the Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework Progress Report, 2024

The SDGs NIF serves as the backbone for monitoring SDGs at the national level, offering valuable guidance to policymakers and the implementing agencies of various schemes and programs. The major data sources for these SDG national indicators are administrative data, surveys and censuses. Primarily secondary data from concerned line Ministries is used for the compilation of the indicators.

• Some of the highlights from the SDG NIF progress report 2024 are: