Where was the 'National Conference on Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals' organized by NITI Aayog in partnership with the Government of Rajasthan, UNDP, and UN?

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NITI Aayog organised the ‘National Conference on Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals’ in partnership with the host Government of Rajasthan and technical partners UNDP and UN in India on 4th and 5th March, 2024 in Jaipur.  The two-day conference brought together senior government officials from 31 States and Union Territories and Government of India. The objectives of the conference were to encourage States and UTs to take stock of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) localisation, exchange experiences on institutionalising the SDGs at the subnational level, explore the SDG finance landscape at the national and subnational level and charting a path for accelerating progress at the mid-point of the 2030 SDG agenda. This conference exemplifies NITI’s role as a platform for sharing the learnings and good practices on SDGs from across the country.  Three knowledge portals, UNDP ‘SDG Knowledge hub’, ‘Food and Nutrition Security Analysis Dashboard’ of Government of Rajasthan, ‘SDG -2 (Zero Hunger) Dashboard’ of Government of Rajasthan were inaugurated by Bhajanlal Sharma, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Rajasthan in the presence of Shri Suman Bery, Hon’ble Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog and Dr. V.K. Paul, Hon’ble, Member, NITI Aayog. The UNDP SDG Knowledge hub is a one-stop portal which brings together good practices, SDG indicator frameworks, SDG linked budgets, among other knowledge products produced by States and UTs. Learn Along: About Rajasthan Founded: 30 March 1949                                             Governor: Kalraj Mishra                                     Capital: Jaipur  About UNDP  Founded: 22 November 1965, United States             Headquarters: New York, United States