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NITI Aayog sensitizing states on MPI and SDGs

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BENGALURU: Sanyukta Samaddar, Advisor to NITI Aayog, has been visiting various states to hold sensitization workshops across the nation. She visited Karnataka on June 28 for a workshop on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She highlighted how Karnataka’s Index score on SDG had improved from 66 in 2019 to 72 in 2020, thereby putting the state in the ‘frontrunner’ category.

During the two day workshop, Sanyukta held discussions with the officials on Karnataka’s target achievement and provided inputs on how other states are tackling development concerns on various fronts. She urged the administrators to take up focused action on high priority SDGs. 

Samaddar has been visiting states to sensitise state governments towards Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures. The advisor’s focus on encouraging the states to avoid overlapping deprivations and focus on priority areas for action at national, state and district levels to implement initiatives to alleviate poverty. 

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