On 25 September 2015, 193 countries of the UN General Assembly embraced the 2030 Development Agenda titled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were built on the success as well as on the shortcomings of the eight Millennium...

Given its size and the low baseline, India has a crucial role in global progress and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in health. As a result, there is a great need for effective monitoring of the country's progress toward health-related SGDs, through timely...

South Asia has experienced significant progress in improving human and physical capital over the past few decades. Within the region, India has become a global economic powerhouse with enormous development potential ahead. To foster human and economic development, India has shown a strong...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) was originated from the Millennium Declaration adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in September 2000. The MDGs helped in bringing out a much needed focus and pressure on basic development issues, which in turn led the governments at...

The stellar performance of the Indian economy, being widely publicized as the success of the democratic setup of the country, has drawn admirable attention from the rest of the world. But vis-à-vis this tinsel growth story, its democratic deficit also makes itself manifest in the rising number...

This Palgrave Pivot looks through social, economic, institutional, and environmental lenses to examine sustainable development in India and Bangladesh. The effects of climate change make this comparative study particularly pertinent, as rising sea levels and severe weather events will lead to...

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 --...