Overview
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Context
India’s rank in the global Sustainable Development Report, 2022 has slipped for the third consecutive year.
Background
Analysis
What is Sustainable Development means?
What are the key Highlights of the report?
How are states and UTs ranked? The SDG India Index scores range between 0–100, higher the score of a State/UT, the greater the distance to target achieved. States and UTs are classified in four categories based on Index score:
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What are the challenges for India?
Measures taken by India to achieve SDG
Conclusion
Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world), while sustainable development has many processes and pathways to achieve it (e.g. sustainable agriculture and forestry, sustainable production and consumption, good government, research and technology transfer, education and training, etc.). Hence we should give efforts on building our states to achieve SDGs by proper governmental and community participation, which will be beneficial for country’s development as a whole.
Practice Question Q1. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need but not any man's greed.” In the context of this statement, discuss need to embrace austerity for sustainable development. Q2. Discuss in what way the COVID-19 pandemic presents a chance to make systemic changes for sustainable development in the country. |
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