SDGs – miles to go before we sleep
Recently, the government published the progress report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The “Sustainable Development Goals - National Indicator Framework Progress Report, 2021 highlights the progress made so far by India in attaining SDGs. The SDGs are a comprehensive list of global goals integrating social, economic and environmental dimensions of development. These goals lay the blueprint for achieving a better and sustainable future for all by providing “an international framework to move by 2030 towards more equitable, peaceful, resilient, and prosperous societies - while living within sustainable planetary boundaries”. United Nation General Assembly adopted the document titled "Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" consisting of 17 Sustainable Development Goals and associated 169 targets, in September 2015. This agenda came in to force from January 2016. India is committed to implement the SDGs based on the nationally defined ...