Sustainable Development: An Individual Perspective

Present paper is conceptual in nature and intent to explore the understanding of society on sustainable development based on brainstorming and observations from the society practices; which are perceived to hinder the sustainable development. The 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) decided by United Nations have been depicted vis-s-vis the initiatives taken by Indian government have also been mentioned. The expected efforts to be done by individual citizens towards sustainability have been proposed. Despite the fact that the government and agencies all over the world are working towards the attainment of sustainable development; ultimately the cooperation and participation of citizens directly and indirectly is going to contribute for the attainment of goals. The article concludes with research questions and hypotheses to facilitate the further empirical research in the domain of sustainable development