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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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No villages in India achieved SDGs as of 2021, study estimates

New Delhi: As of 2021, none of India's villages had achieved multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs), including access to basic services, health insurance coverage and women's bank account ownership, research published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal shows.

However, almost all the villages had achieved the target for adolescent pregnancy among girls aged 10-14, an international team of researchers, including those from Harvard University's School of Public Health and Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Mumbai, found.

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