NITI Aayog and JICA Sign Record of Discussions for Phase II of Japan - India Cooperative Actions towards SDGs in Aspirational Districts and Blocks

• Bilateral development cooperation MoU: NITI Aayog and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (RoD) for Phase II of the "Project for Promotion of the Program for Japan–India Cooperative Actions Towards SDGs".
• Project channels Japanese technical assistance into India's flagship Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) and Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) to localise the UN 2030 SDGs.
• UPSC relevance: intersects GS-II (bilateral relations, governance) and GS-III (development models, SDG attainment).