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At the national front, State and sub-state level emphasis is For national and sub-national progress monitoring, and
required for all stakeholders on having common understanding generating momentum among the States towards localization,
and coordination, developing monitoring system and reporting NITI has developed the SDG India Index and Dashboard, the
mechanisms. . All stakeholders have roles that will need to take official and principal SDG progress monitoring tool of the
on the mandate that is positionally linked to them connected to country.
the GP. Working in partnerships through ‘whole of society
States and UTs play a pivotal role in the achievement of SDG
approach’ to prevent duplication of efforts leads to
targets at the national level. NITI works with the State/UT
strengthening legitimacy of the LIF data at the local level
Governments and supports them in a range of initiatives for
impacting the lives of the communities in rural India.
SDG localisation, including the State and District Indicator
Stakeholder - any individual, social group, or actor who pos- Frameworks, review mechanisms, and capacity building.
sesses an interest, a legal obligation, a moral right, or other
Another, important initiative of NITI Aayog is the Output-
concern in the decisions or outcomes of an organization. Stake-
Outcome Monitoring Framework (OOMF) for various
holders either affect or are affected by the achievement of an
schemes and programmes of Government of India. The OOMF
organization’s objectives
is a major step forward in the evolution of monitoring
– Encyclopaedia Britannica outcomes. This represents a departure from the traditional

approach to government, which focused on outputs like growth
(Read ‘Organization’ as GP)
in infrastructure and economic prosperity, and expenditure and
NITI Aayog numbers of beneficiaries as per targets within the budgets made
available. The 'Outcomes' are the desired results of the system,
which the Framework aims to quantify. This framework
measures the progress against established benchmarks.
It is well established that the use of data to inform decisions is
gaining widespread support as a means of boosting the
effectiveness of government operations and the quality of

NITI Aayog spearheads and monitors the progress achieved services provided to the public. Decentralized evidence-based
under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework at policymaking in the Government of India relies on the
the national and sub-national levels. NITI Aayog prepares and availability of high-quality, fast, and granular administrative
presents India’s Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the High- data. There is a broad range in data quality and maturity across
Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at the digital Management Information Systems (MIS) and
the United Nations and represents India at global level. dashboards produced by the various Ministries/Departments
(M/Ds) of the Government of India for improved
NITI Aayog plays an instrumental role in adapting the Global
implementation and monitoring of their projects. Further, under
Goals to India. In course of the national consultations conducted
the overarching objective of driving continuous reforms by M/
by NITI Aayog, SDG Global Targets , National targets details
Ds in increasing their data preparedness, the intent of the Data
as well as metrics related to National Indicators were clarified
Governance and Quality Index (DGQI) is to enable M/Ds to
and linked to various schemes/ programmes and identified
assess themselves at various levels of data maturity on the basis
supporting ministries for each target.
of a standardized framework. This is expected to lead to

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