Sustainable Development Goals and Its Challenges: For Achieving 2030 Agenda in India

Today, in the era of globalization where all the countries are trying to get ahead of each other on the path of development and for this; all possible measures are being for development of economies. India is booming therefore sustainable development becomes increasingly more important. The world economies have unified in their efforts to achieve the goals of sustainable development. This is in sheer contrast to various earlier approaches where governments pursued goals for the growth and development of their respective economies. The struggle for growth and excellence has created imbalance in the economic development among countries, depleted some of the natural resources and has thus altered the ecological balance. The impact of this is being experienced in the form of global warming and climate change. Since this threatens the very existence of human life on earth, a course of action that would ensure a safe environment for future generations has become the need of the hour. The resolution of 'Transforming Our World’: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was accepted by 193 countries including India in September 2015. By adoption this agenda, the countries are moving forward for achieving a world free from poverty, gender inequality and economic inequality and thereby ensuring a healthy planet for future generations. India has been progressing rapidly towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper makes an attempt to understand the scenario of SDGs in India in achieving Sustainable development goals and offers suggestions to overcome them.