India has made a significant progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and some targets have been achieved. However progress has been mixed. There is a scope to accelerate progress towards achieving the MDG targets that have not been achieved and new targets included in SDGs. This transitioning needs better coordination and convergence efforts at state and national level to strategize, develop a country framework and state specific action plans in context of recently adopted SDGs.

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