Marking India’s first city-level Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the city of Bhopal has joined the growing global movement on the localization of the ambitious targets for the prosperity of the planet.

• In this connection, an ‘Agenda for Action: Sustainable Urban Transformation in Bhopal’ was launched today by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and some other dignitaries here.
• It was in 2015 that all 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (known as Agenda 2030) comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets as a plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity.