An International Centre for Human Development, ICHD will be set up in India to support efforts by the government to integrate human development approaches and ensure improved development outcomes for poor and marginalised people.

An official release in New Delhi said that an agreement to this effect was signed between the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and United Nations Development Programme.

The Centre aims to provide policy advisory services based on national and international evidence to ensure that human development concerns become integral to planning processes and policy making.

The Centre also proposes to focus on moving from human development analysis to action and on adaptation of good practices to local contexts. It will also provide a range of capacity development tools and services with a special emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of human development processes and outcomes.