Pact inked for sustainable development

Chandigarh, August 21

The Punjab Government on Wednesday inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the implementation of the sustainable development goals.

The MoA was signed by UNDP Resident Representative Shoko Noda and Punjab Government Principal Secretary Planning Jaspal Singh in the presence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal. Under the agreement, a Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre would be set up in the Planning Department with the UNDP support.

The CM said the MoA would result in the integration of the administrative departments to ensure sustainable and holistic development of the state. He hoped that these goals would go a long way in achieving the desired results of various citizen-centric schemes and development-oriented programmes in a time-bound manner.

Earlier, the Finance Minister thanked the UNDP for partnering with the state for implementing the sustainable development goals, the framework for which has already been adopted by the Punjab Government, which has started working on the preparation of a four-year Strategic Action Plan 2019-23 (4SAP). — TNS