The present study is a modest attempt to highlight some of the important human development goals for Gujarat with reference to vision 2020. Three basic human development goals have been chosen for analysis. They are reduction of poverty, attainment of 100 hundred percent literacy and universal...

After the launch of the first state-level SDG index by NITI Aayog at the end of 2018, the system of national-level monitoring of SDGs has got well-established but the percolation of monitoring and implementation mechanisms at the sub-state level is at various stages of evolution in different...

The youthful population of South Asia, holding the majority in the subregion, will also have a great share in the future alongside the risk of being not in education, employment, or training with a persisting gender gap. This makes it important to adopt a gender-responsive policy framework for...

Micro, Small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) plays a catalytic role in the development of any economy. MSMEs are considered as nurseries for entrepreneurship and innovation around the globe. India is no exception. MSMEs in India are extensively dispersed across the country and produce around more...

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) present a real opportunity to direct India towards a path of equality and equity. This article posits that India's plans to achieve the millennium development goals by the end of their term in 2015 faltered because reforms designed to alleviate poverty...