The Future We Want – Implementing the SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework adopted by the United Nations replaced the Millennium Development Goals from January 2016. Considering its large population and remarkable economic growth, India plays a pivotal role in the success or failure of the SDGs globally. Critics of these goals argue that they are too wide and ambiguous to make any concrete change.

This policy brief examines the current contours of India’s socio-economic and environmental architecture and situates the challenges of effectively implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development within it. It aims to provide prescriptions for overcoming these challenges in order to realise the 17 SDGs by 2030.