SDGs IN INDIA

 

The 17 SDGs and 169 targets are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by 193 Member States

 at the UN General Assembly Summit in September 2015, and which came into effect on 1 January 2016.

MOST IMPORTANT SDGS IN INDIA

Rapid growth (SDG 8) is the key weapon in any country's arsenal to combat poverty. 

On the one hand, it creates well-paid jobs, which place necessary purchasing power in the hands of households to access food,

 clothing, 

housing, 

education and 

health.

INDIA RANK IN SDGS IN 2020

The country's overall SDG score improved by 6 points — from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2020-21 

on accounts of improvement in performance in providing facilities including clean water sanitation, 

affordable and 

clean energy among others.