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 GOAL-WISE 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 well-being 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 Development Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. 289 23. Sustainable Development Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts . 299 24. Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development . 313 25. Sustainable Development Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss . 323 26. Sustainable Development Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels . 331 27. Sustainable Development Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development . 341 28. The concluding scenario at 2030 – a robust optimism missing the goalpost . 351 Acronyms . 355 Appendix - 1 : FAQs on Sustainable Development Summit, 2015 .359 Appendix - 2 : The Paris Agreement: Turning Point for a Climate Solution . 367 Appendix - 3 : Revised list of global Sustainable Development Goal indicators . 373 Appendix - 4 : An Overview of Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 . 409 Index . 421 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 · Goal-wise Sustainable Development Initiatives in India