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Millennium to the sustainable development goals: Changes and pathways for India
Author(s) -
Mahida Darshnaben P.,
Sendhil Ramadas,
Ramasundaram Palaniswami
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
business strategy and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.488
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2572-3170
DOI - 10.1002/bsd2.134
Subject(s) - prosperity , sustainable development , millennium development goals , poverty , economic growth , government (linguistics) , general partnership , environmental degradation , political science , environmental planning , business , development economics , environmental resource management , economics , geography , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , law , biology
Millennium development goals have remained the overarching development framework to achieve a set of important eight goals worldwide. The goals with measurable and time bound objectives express widespread public concern about poverty, hunger, disease, unmet schooling, gender inequality, and environmental degradation. Under changing climatic scenario and other environmental illness, there is a widespread understanding that worldwide environmental objectives need a higher profile alongside the poverty‐reduction objectives. Consequently, in September 2015, the Heads of State and Government agreed to set the world on a path toward sustainable development through the adoption of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” which includes 17 sustainable development goals, with 169 targets comprising social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development—all to be achieved by 2030. The goals provide a framework for shared action “for people, planet, and prosperity,” to be implemented by “all countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership.” The paper documents and the pathways to ensure a sustainable future as well as dignified life for all people of India and means to mobilize scientific, technological, and social movements to address the challenges ahead.