NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant and UN Resident Coordinator Yuri Afanasiev will release the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG India Index: Baseline Report 2018 in New Delhi on Friday. <br />''<br />''The SDGs, which came into being in September 2015, are in the Third year of global implementation. <br />''<br />''The SDGs are ambitious global aspirations on development that address key aspects of universal well-being, across different socio-economic, cultural, geographical divisions as well as the interconnectedness among the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development. <br />''<br />''NITI Aayog has the twin mandate to oversee the implementation of SDGs in the country and promote Competitive and Cooperative Federalism among States and Union Territories.<br />''<br />''In exercise of these roles, NITI Aayog has developed the SDG India Index, a comprehensive Index to measure the progress of States and Union Territories, through a single measurable Index and the First Baseline Report for 2018, prepared with the support of Global Green Growth Institute and UN in India.<br />''<br />