India’s Approach towards Sustainable Development Goals [Hardcover]

Language: English. ABOUT THE BOOK: KEY FEATURES OF THE WORK Theoretical background of Sustainable Development The Background, Process and Overview of the Sustainable Development Summit, 2015 The Sustainable Development Summit Declaration,2015 Sustainable Development Goals, 2015 An overview of the UN Sustainable Report 2016 An Overview of the Sustainable Development Goals approaches and initiatives in India India's Voluntary National Review Report on Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals on July 2017 Goalwise Sustainable Development Initiatives in India ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Bedprakas Syam Roy did his MA in Economics in 1968 from the Calcutta University and Ph.D from the North Bengal University in 1987.He started his career in the West Bengal Civil Service (1970) and was then selected in the IAS (1989 ).He retired as Special Secretary, Development and Planning .After retirement; he served as a Member of the Third State Finance Commission, West Bengal. He is specialised in development administration, decentralised planning and state planning. He authored eleven books and several articles. Dr. Maniparna Syam Roy did her M.Sc. in Economics from Calcutta University in the year 2003 and Ph.D. in Economics from Jadavpur University in the year 2011. She is currently Assistant Professor of Economics in Asutosh College, Kolkata and also a Guest faculty of the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta. She is the author of two books and several articles in peer reviewed journals. CONTENTS: Preface . 11 PART – I SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES 1. The Theoretical Framework of Sustainable Development . 17 2. The Background, Process and the Overview of the Sustainable Development Summit, 2015 . 25 3. Meeting the Unfinished Tasks of MDGs . 43 4. Declaration of the Sustainable Development Summit, 2015 . 51 5. The Sustainable Development Goals . 93 PART – II REQUISITES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 6. Important Requisites for Ensuring Sustainable Development Goals including the need of a Nodal Agency at the Appropriate Levels. 113 7. Requisites of Sustainable Population for Ensuring Sustainable Development Goals for India’s Perceived Challenges. 117 PART III THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS REPORT 2016 8. An Overview from the UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2016 . 125 PART – IV SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INITIATIVES IN INDIA 9. An Overview of the Sustainable Development Goals approaches and initiatives in India . 139 10. India’s Voluntary National Review Report on Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals on July 2017 . 145 PART – V GOALWISE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN INDIA 11. Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. 153 12. Sustainable Development Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture . 171 13. Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages . 187 14. Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all . 207 15. Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls . 217 16. Sustainable Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all . 227 17. Sustainable Development Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all . 237 18. Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. 245 19. Sustainable Development Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation . 257 20. Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries . 273 21. Sustainable Development Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable . 281 22. Sustainable Developme.…