By Ani for Financial Express

Asserting that India’s goals were in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the G-20 nations to align themselves with the SDGs as it would stimulate faster and broad-based economic growth.

Speaking at the G20 Working Lunch on Development and Climate Change, the Prime Minister further said that SDGs of the United Nations has a comprehensive set of goals aimed at eliminating poverty from the world by 2030.

G20 must align itself with the SDGs. In doing so, we will also stimulate faster and a more broad-based economic growth.

“We have adopted the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations. We are days away from charting a sustainable future for our planet. The SDGs area comprehensive set of goals that places complete elimination of poverty in the world by 2030 as its top goal. And, it creates the right balance between growth, development, human welfare and environment,” Prime Minister Modi said here.