Sustainable Development Goals: An Indian Perspective

Intro -- An Introductory Note -- The Book -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- 1: No Poverty: How Much, How Far -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Poverty and Development -- 1.3 Toward Poverty Eradication -- 1.4 A State-Level Picture -- 1.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2: Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty, Food Security and Improved Nutrition -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 India's Unfinished Agenda of MDG Target 2 -- 2.1.2 A Transformative Agenda from MDG 2 to SDG 2 -- 2.1.3 SDG-2: Targets and Indicators -- 2.1.4 How the SDG-2 is Interrelated with other SDG Indicators to Achieve the Goal of SDG? -- 2.1.5 Current Status and Performance of SDG-2 in India -- 2.2 Current Status of Food Consumption and Dietary Pattern -- 2.2.1 Changes in Dietary Pattern -- 2.2.2 Food Production Dynamics -- 2.3 Nutrient Availability from Different Sources of Foods -- 2.3.1 Problem of Malnutrition -- 2.4 Nutritional Programmes in India -- 2.4.1 Summary of Nutritional Programmes in India -- 2.4.2 Leveraging Agriculture for Increasing Productivity and Nutritional Security -- 2.4.2.1 National Food Security Mission (NFSM) -- 2.4.3 Performance and Current Status of Nutritional Security Programmes -- 2.5 Conclusions -- Annexure 1: Target and Indicators of Global SDG2 -- Annexure 2: The Road Map and the Way Forward to Achieve the Targets Under SDG 2 -- References -- 3: Health Progress in India with Respect to Millennium Development Goals: Are Health Targets of SDGs Achievable? An Empirical Study at Sub-National Level -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Health Deprivation Index -- 3.3 Reasons of Health Deprivation: An Econometric Analysis -- 3.4 Concluding Observations and Policy Options -- 3.4.1 Policy Options -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2: Variables, Definition and Data Sources -- Appendix 3 -- References.

Chapter 1. No Poverty: How Much, How Far -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty, Food Security and Improved Nutrition -- Chapter 3. Health Progress in India in respect of Millennium Development Goals: Is Health Target of SDG Achievable? - An Empirical Study at Sub-National level -- Chapter 4. Education in India: Goals and Achievements -- Chapter 5. Gender Equality and the Sustainable Development Goals: focussing on the Adolescent Girls in India -- Chapter 6. Clean Water and Sanitation: India's present and future prospects -- Chapter 7. Enabling Energy Sustainability -- Chapter 8. Structural change in employment & Unemployment in India -- Chapter 9. Avoiding Pre-mature Deindustrialization in India: Achieving SDG9 -- Chapter 10. How is India Flaring in Achieving SDG 10 on Reduced Inequality? -- Chapter 11. Sustainability in Indian Cities: a developing country perspective -- Chapter 12. Sustainable Consumption Pattern in India -- Chapter 13. Climate change Responses and Sustainable Development: Integration of Mitigation and Adaptation -- Chapter 14. Ocean and Sustainable Development: A preliminary assessment for India -- Chapter 15. Biodiversity Conservation and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals: India's Responses Evaluated – Particularly in Relation to SDG15 -- Chapter 16. Sustainable Development Goals: Implementation of Goal 16 by India -- Chapter 17. Trade and Sustainable Development Goals: A multi-scenario analysis for India and other Asia-Pacific countries.