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‘India Taking Rapid Strides Towards Its Sustainability Goals’

For for LOI 3  & 4 Personal Connect- I have selected to research where does India stand 


During the panel discussion, it was unanimously agreed that India has the onerous task of achieving those SDGs especially since greenhouse gases emitted by it is the third-largest in the world at 7% of global emissions. 

India has made steady progress towards achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in areas of health, energy, and infrastructure,

As per NITI Aayog's latest SDG India Index. India's overall score across SDGs improved by 6 points; from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2020-21.

There have been nationwide improvements in ‘clean water and sanitation and ‘affordable and clean energy.

Kerala achieved the highest overall score in the Index followed by Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Goa.

The third edition of the Index highlighted the significance of partnerships in achieving the larger 2030 Agenda.


“You know that India is one sixth of the global community. Our development needs are enormous. Our poverty or prosperity will have direct impact on the global poverty or prosperity. People in India have waited too long for access to modern amenities and means of development. We have committed to complete this task sooner than anticipated. However, we have also said that we will do all this in a cleaner and greener way” - Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2018)

Climate change requires concerted global efforts and India has been preserving to address the climate challenges along with other developmental imperatives. The country has been making substantial additions to its installation of renewable power capacity. Increasing growth rate and rapid urbanization in India have spurred the demand for natural resources, exerting pressures on the environment and raising sustainability concerns. 

Air pollution has emerged as a serious issue in India. National Clean Air Program (NCAP) has been launched by the Government as a pan-India, time bound, national level initiative to address the country-wide issues of air pollution in a comprehensive manner.  

NITI Aayog has come up with a single measurable index to track the progress of all the States and UTs across 13 out of 17 SDGs (excluding Goal 12, 13, 14 and 17 on account of unavailability of comparable data across States/UTs). This SDG index provides an aggregate assessment of India’s progress. This index helps in informed policy formulations as it captures status of both national and state-level social, economic, and environmental parameters across a set of 62 select indicators. 
SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) as large number of states are in the ‘Aspirants’ category’. Goa, a front runner among all the States and UTs in SDG 11, has been doing exceptionally well in waste management

Chandigarh, among other UTs, has performed well in providing clean water and sanitation along with affordable clean energy and quality education.








https://indbiz.gov.in/india-records-significant-progress-on-sustainable-development-goals/
https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget2019-20/economicsurvey/doc/vol2chapter/echap05_vol2.pdf

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