India’s SDG preparedness ranking continues to decline: Report

Context

As per a new report, India is not placed well to achieve the United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and its preparedness has worsened over the years in comparison with other countries.

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India’s rank in the global Sustainable Development Report, 2022 has slipped for the third consecutive year.
It is published by a group of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
The country continues to face major challenges in achieving 11 of the 17 SDGs, which has pushed down its global ranking on SDG preparedness.
Ensuring decent work (SDG 8) has become more challenging for India.
This decline in India’s overall performance is primarily due to eight states — Bihar, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Jharkhand — whose scores have dipped under SDG 13 in the two years.

Sustainable Development Report:

The Sustainable Development Report (formerly the SDG Index & Dashboards) is a global assessment of countries' progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
It is a complement to the official SDG indicators and the voluntary national reviews.
The overall score measures the total progress towards achieving all 17 SDGs.
The score can be interpreted as a percentage of SDG achievement.
A score of 100 indicates that all SDGs have been achieved.

Sustainable Development Goals:

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a set of 17 “Global Goals” with 169 targets between them.
Sustainable development also depends fundamentally on upholding human rights and ensuring peace and security.
Leaving no one behind also means reducing inequalities within and among countries, reaching those most at risk, and strengthening our resolve to prevent conflict and sustain peace.