On World Tourism Day, UNDP India serves up tips for budding tourists on how they can limit their environmental impact – and channel tourism’s power for good.

UNDP India and The Logical Indian are excited to come together to hear your voices, get your ideas, on how we can unlock technology’s potential to make India a better place. The Social Good Summit 2017 aims at crowdsourcing the most pressing gaps in skilling, housing, energy and health, and work on identifying solutions enabled by technology. We need your help to get the job done. Click to take the poll.

Read more about the second Regional Knowledge Exchange in Manila, the Philippines, which brings together over 200 participants from over 40 countries to bring forth new ideas and provide valuable insights on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the project in association with UNDP on the inaugural day of the Global Wildlife Programme (GWP) conference. SECURE Himalaya will aim to ensure the conservation of locally and globally significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in four states in India.

Read about the lessons learnt from 12 skills delivery initiatives led by the private sector to support the national skills mission of the Government of India.

Women farmers in India's eastern state of Odisha are earning four times more than last year. What has changed? Watch to find out.

The Government of India, the World Bank-led Global Wildlife Program (GWP) funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are convening more than 100 participants from over 20 countries in New Delhi, India, from October 2-3, 2017, for a conference on People's Participation in Wildlife Conservation—supporting the country’s Wildlife Week celebration.

The 9th Equator Prize Award Ceremony honoured 15 winners -- including Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) from the state of Maharashtra -- in New York, coinciding with the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly. SSP empowers 72,000 women in the drought-prone state to act as decision-makers, improving their health and economic well-being. Click to find out more about SSP and the Equator Prize.

Watch how families in a village in Maharashtra, India, are using government assistance to construct homes that are affordable, resilient and responsive to their needs. To find out more, read our new Exposure photo story: http://bit.ly/2uwe2O9

The National Biodiversity Authority invites applications for the Fourth India Biodiversity Awards, 2018. UNDP India is the knowledge partner for the Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to conserving the country's vast biological diversity. Now accepting entries till 15 October.

Read about how the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network, or eVin, has helped the state of Madhya Pradesh expand its vaccination coverage 75 percent of the population in its first year of implementation.

Partners for Law in Development, supported by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, and UNDP, conducted a study on procedural reform in rape prosecutions, and its implementation. Click to read the full report.

Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, stopped over at TARA (Technology & Action for Rural Advancement) to meet young women receiving training in salon services and retail under the Disha project.

Learn how the income of Odisha's women mango cultivators such as Puse (pictured above) has increased by four times in less than a year.

A first-of-its-kind report, the State of Youth Volunteering in India 2017 documents the contribution of youth volunteering to achieving developmental goals in India. It calls for a better common understanding about what constitutes volunteerism and recommends measures to promote volunteering.

On International Youth Day, Arun Sahdeo, Programme Officer, United Nations Volunteers India, tells us how we can remove the constraints on volunteerism to harness the energy and enthusiasm of youth.

Read journalist Namita Bhandare's second article in an IndiaSpend series on how women in Haryana factory found it difficult to escape the various constraints that inhibit their employment and participation in the workforce.

UN Resident Coordinator in India Yuri Afanasiev speaks to UN Radio on India's progress in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.