by Sumeeta Banerji, Assistant Country Director & Head Democratic Governance, UNDP India

1. APPROACHES FOR SDG
LOCALIZATION
UNDP INDIA
Sumeeta Banerji, UNDP India
3 October, 2017

2. STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION
• 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• The Indian context – federal structure, division of powers, local governance
• Response of the government to Agenda 2030 at the national level and UN support
• UNDP support to state governments on SDGs
• Mainstreaming SDGs in local level planning – UNDP support
• Tools and templates

3. THE INDIAN CONTEXT
Union Government – Functions defined in the Union and Concurrent List of the
Constitution
State Government – Functions defined in the State and Concurrent List of the
Constitution
District Administration – Implementation of schemes and programme
Local government – Three tier structure whose functions defined under Article
243 of the Constitution (73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts) and state
Acts
Visioning, planning and budgeting being done at all levels of the
government

4. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGENDA 2030 INCLUDING SDGS
• Commitment by the Central Government:
o As reflected in the leadership by India in the inter-governmental negotiations, including the
Sendai Framework; Addis Ababa Action Agenda; Agenda 2030 and Paris Climate Agreement
o As evidenced in the statements of the Prime Minister and senior Ministers (External Affairs,
MoEF, and Finance) at global meetings. As demonstrated by the commitment to debate
progress on the SDGs in every session of Parliament
• Entrusting responsibility to NITI Aayog: to ‘coordinate the SDGs’, ‘periodically collect
data on the SDGs’ and ‘proactively fructify the goals and targets not only quantitatively but
also maintaining high standards of quality’. Initial steps by NITI Aayog have included:
o Undertaking a mapping of SDG Goals and Targets with Schemes; identification of nodal
Ministries and Government Departments for each of the Goals and Targets
o Organising Seminars on each goal in partnership with the UN in India. UNDP supported a
consultation for states in north-eastern region.
o Requesting State Governments to undertake a similar mapping to ‘fast track achievement of
SDGs and related targets’.
• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) is formulating the
indicators. UN agencies provided comments on the national indicators
NITI Aayog prepared 15 year
vision, 7 year strategy and 3 year
action plan
MOSPI is actively contributing to
the deliberations of the IAEG-
SDGs
States have started working on
sub-national vision documents

5. COMMON ELEMENTS OF SUPPORT TO STATES FOR
DEVELOPING A VISION DOCUMENT AND ACTION PLAN FOR
SDGS3-5 months of initial intensive support by providing technical know-how on SDGs and limited financial resources to
arrive a Vision document and an action plan for SDGs at the State level followed by long term support by providing
implementation, monitoring support and embedding technical teams in select states
Organise
orientation and
briefing on
SDGs for state
officials and
elected
representatives
Support
landscape
analysis to
assess
alignment of
existing state
policies with
SDGs; identify
gaps in budget
and
implementatio
n
Facilitate
“whole of government
approach” to
implementation of
SDGs by (i) providing
technical inputs to the
inter-departmental
SDG working groups,
(ii) undertaking
process
documentation and
(iii) making
available/linking with
other experts
Enable
multi-
stakeholder
discussions,
including with
development
partners, civil
society and
private sector
Advocat
e
for the Action
Plan to be
linked with
budgets,
robust M&E
Provide
Embedded
technical
assistance for
SDG
implementation
Develop
Tools for
capacity
development,
monitoring
and
sensitisation
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6. COLLABORATION WITH STATES
• Assam
• Haryana
• Chhattisgarh
• Gujarat
• Odisha
• Tripura
• Uttar Pradesh
• West Bengal
• Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand
- In most states, the Planning Department plays a central role in SDG visioning and
roll-out. UNDP leveraged its existing partnerships on human development reporting
and decentralized planning with Planning Departments as entry points.
- UNDP support to SDG roll-out and implementation is part of the UN response led by
the RCO

7. ASSAM
• Assam was the first state to prepare its Vision 2030
(without UN Support). State has established a SDG cell
• State announced an SDG-based budget for 2017-2018
• It issued an order on the SDGs detailing key steps for
implementation
• UNDP supported fine tuning of strategies in support of
SDG implementation
• Contributed to initial discussions about budgeting for the
SDGs and building capacity at the district level
• Supporting the establishment of an innovation lab in
support of implementing a high priority scheme of the
government for doubling farmer’s income
• Provided service of technical experts to the SDG cell (for
drafting strategy paper and action plans till 2022). The
SDG Cell shared its experiences with Government of
Andhra Pradesh and Haryana on SDG mainstreamingPopulation – 31,205,576
HDI Rank – 16 (out of 23)
Literacy rate – 63.3 %
U5MR – 62
% of pop. living below poverty line – 31.98
The poverty estimation methodology is under review
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines

8. HARYANA
• The state has released its vision document
• UNDP worked on behalf of the UN system for SDG
visioning in the state of Haryana
• Undertook a landscape analysis linking all government
schemes to SDGs
• Contributed to the creation of inter-departmental
working thematic working groups.
• Devised templates to focus the deliberation of the
working groups.
• Organised a sensitization workshop for state officials.
• Provided inputs to various working groups established
by the state
• Contributed to the drafting of the vision document
Population –25,351,462
HDI Rank – 9 (out of 23)
Literacy rate – 67.9 %
U5MR – 43
% of pop. living below poverty line – 11.16
The poverty estimation methodology is under review
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines

9. CHHATTISGARH
• The state government is finalizing its vision document.
• As part of UN response, UNDP contributed to inter-
departmental discussions on the vision document.
Population –25,545,198
HDI Rank – 23 (out of 23)
Literacy rate – 64.7 %
U5MR – 48
% of pop. living below poverty line – 39.93
The poverty estimation methodology is under review
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines

10. GUJARAT
• The state is preparing its Vision document.
• UNDP contributed to briefing session by the UN to the
senior officials on preparation of a SDG roadmap.
• Provided technical inputs to the inter-departmental
working groups that have been created by the
government
• Provided services of technical experts to the planning
department to provide research support to the working
groups and to ensure a coordinated approach
Population –60,439,692
HDI Rank – 11 (out of 23)
Literacy rate – 69.1 %
U5MR – 39
% of pop. living below poverty line – 16.63
The poverty estimation methodology is under review
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines

11. ODISHA
• The state government is drafting the vision document
• The State has established an SDG Cell
• UNDP supported inter-departmental discussions on
preparation of SDG Vision
Population –41,974,218
HDI Rank – 22 (out of 23)
Literacy rate – 63.1 %
U5MR – 56
% of pop. living below poverty line – 32.59
The poverty estimation methodology is under review
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines

12. TRIPURA
Population –3,673,917
HDI Rank (NE excluding Assam– 6 (out of 23)
% of pop. living below poverty line – 14.05
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines
The poverty estimation methodology is under review
• The governor has constituted a High-Level Monitoring
Committee on the SDGs under the chairpersonship of the
chief secretary, with the UN as a member.
• UNDP, on behalf of the UN system, was invited to sensitise
senior government officials on SDGs.
• Thereafter, the state government has been working on the
document with support from the UNDP and the UN team in
Tripura

13. UTTAR PRADESH
• UNDP, on behalf of the UN system, sensitised senior
government officials on SDGs.
• Support was provided to drafting of t he Vision document
Population –199,812,341
HDI Rank – 18 (out of 23)
Literacy rate – 56.3%
U5MR – 51
% of pop. living below poverty line – 29.43
The poverty estimation methodology is under review
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines

14. WEST BENGAL
• A UN team, including UNDP, briefed the State Planning
Department on the SDGs.
• The state has tasked a resource agency to prepare its vision
document, with a special request to the UN to provide
inputs on the social sector
This map complies with the Government of India guidelines
Population –91,276,115
HDI Rank – 13 (out of 23)
Literacy rate – 68.6%
U5MR – 30
% of pop. living below poverty line – 19.98
The poverty estimation methodology is under review

15. OTHER STATES
• Madhya Pradesh – UNDP has been providing support to the
State Planning Department on SDG mainstreaming.
Discussions are underway to provide a short-term consultant
for the drafting of the document based on state government
deliberations
• Maharashtra – Prepared its vision document. The
Government has sought support to localize SDGs in districts
exhibiting poor attainments.
• Jharkhand - The UNDP team in Ranchi has been providing
support to the State Planning Department. The state has
requested for a system for monitoring progress on SDGs.

16. SDGs AND RURAL LOCAL GOVERNANCE
• More than 250,000 rural local governments (Panchayati Raj Institutions, PRIs) have a
central role in ensuring that “no one is left behind”. Local governments are
responsible for socio-economic development.
• Collectively, local government are expected to receive USD 30 billion untied funds to
plan and implement various programmes. Many of the functions devolved pertain to
the flagship programmes on sanitation, employment, health, education- which are
also critical SDGs
• Progress on SDGs at national level depends on action at local level

17. GOVT. OF INDIA’S INITIATIVES ON SDG
LOCALIZATION
Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) is the nodal Ministry for capacity
building of Panchayati Raj Institutions
Creating Enabling Environment for Panchayats to attain SDGs
 Incentivising devolution of funds, functions and functionaries to
Panchayats by States (Decentralisation Agenda)
 Restructuring of earlier scheme for Capacity Building of
Panchayats to deliver on SDGs
 Untied FFC grants of US$31.29 billion(Rs.2,00,292.20 Cr.)
directly to GPs for basic services: water, sanitation, drainage etc.
directly linked to SDGs
 Incentivising increased Own Source Revenue generation by
Panchayats.

18. GOVT. OF INDIA’S INITIATIVES ON SDG
LOCALIZATION
Building National Consensus of Role of
Panchayats in achieving SDGs
 Inter-Ministerial National Consultation to
identify role of Panchayats in Central
Governments Schemes
 Draft framework on the role of Gram
Panchayats in attainment of SDGs. GP
level interventions and indicators
identified.
 National Write-shop with States/ UTs to
develop framework for identifying GP
level interventions on SDGs and
integrating SDGs into GPDP
 All Gram Panchayats organised Gram
Sabha in which issues of livelihoods,
health, sanitation, education, agriculture,
gender empowerment etc. were

19. GOVT. OF INDIA’S INITIATIVES ON SDG
LOCALIZATION
Integrating SDGs in Local Plans (GPDP)
 Preparation of participatory GPDP made
mandatory
 Model GPDP Guidelines and Planning
Manuals prepared and disseminated
 Handholding of States in developing GPDP
Guidelines
 GPDP to address human, social, economic,
infrastructure development directly linked
with SDGs
 Convergence of human and financial

20. GOVT. OF INDIA’S INITIATIVES ON SDG
LOCALIZATION
 Capacity Building of Panchayats on SDGs
 MoPR is building capacity of elected representatives of PRIs in
collaboration with UNDP through:
• Development of handbook for PRIs for SDGs based planning (aimed at
deconstructing SDGs for planning at local level)
• Preparation of a trainers manual on the same
• Developing an online tool for PRI capacity development on SDG based
planning
• Development of a Mobile App for SDG based planning- a digital
participatory planning tool
 Training State level resource persons/ trainers on role of GPs in
attainment of SDGs completed for all 29 states in collaboration with
UNDP
 Oriented 1000 Chairpersons and Secretaries of GPs on SDGs. A session
on SDGs incorporated in trainings on GPDP.
 Developed resource materials for GPs on sanitation, drinking water,
health, education, child development, women empowerment, animal
husbandry, water resources, governance and PESA
 Advocated with States to conduct thematic training of ERs &

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