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Empowered with strong political will, India has devoted substantial attention towards adopting inclusive and transformative approaches in addressing the challenges that fall at the intersection of sustainable economic growth, social sector development and environmental sustainability. This chapter captures the philosophy of new development strategy and also the paradigm shifts in India. The vision of national development is synchronised with the vision of Agenda 2030 and that creates the necessary confluence among various groups and agencies to stir and push the economic growth from quantity to quality. The chapter draws together the lessons from previous sections of this volume and examines the structural change undertaken in social sector for holistic development and embedding inclusive development in the spirit of “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas”. The chapter analyses the needs for coordination and convergence in policy-making and also examines the current actions of all the players for success of the SDG implementation. The chapter attempts to identify priorities based on local needs for inclusive development. Further, the chapter examines the dynamics of the evolvement process of global indicators and monitoring of SDGs. Lastly, the chapter articulates the importance of goal 17 and examines India’s contribution for strengthening global and regional partnership for SDGs.
The research support of Ms. Amika Bawa, Research Assistant, RIS is acknowledged.
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RIS (2016) Health, Nature and Quality of Life.
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Paroda and Joshi (Chapter 2).
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See Kaushik.
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Chaturvedi, S., James, T.C., Saha, S., Shaw, P. (2019). India’s Pursuit of SDGs: Unfolding Paradigm Shifts and Convergence. In: Chaturvedi, S., James, T., Saha, S., Shaw, P. (eds) 2030 Agenda and India: Moving from Quantity to Quality . South Asia Economic and Policy Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9091-4_14
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