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• Goal 17 Partnerships to achieve the Goal: This goal focuses on strengthening the means of implementation
and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development.
Task
Answer the following questions:
1. What is Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals?
2. How many major problems are related to sustainable development?
3. Write about any two challenges to sustainable development.
4. What is the significance of sustainable development?
Sustainable Development Initiatives in India
India follows a holistic approach towards its 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by launching various
schemes.
• Since 2015, the Government of India has started many policies at the central level and state level in the direction
of achieving SDGs. Some of these are:
Swachh Bharat Mission
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Smart Cities
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
• NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog was given the task of coordinating SDGs in India.
• The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has built key indicators to monitor the implementation
of SDGs.
• States are also advised to work on similar grounds in planning, implementing, developing and monitoring the
state-sponsored schemes in support of SDGs.
• The Namami Gange Mission— a policy towards achieving the SDG 6, was launched to include sewerage
project management, urban and rural sanitation, tackling industrial pollution, water use efficiency and quality
improvement, ecosystem conservation and Clean Ganga Fund.
• Organic farming is encouraged by the government of India. Many private sectors are now coming forward to
help farmers grow crops using cow dung and no chemical pesticides and fertilizers to increase their production.
This is a true example of sustainable development.
• The Government of India in collaboration with various NGOs and non-government organizations aims to save
water by recycling and reusing it through rain water harvesting.
• When plastics were banned by the municipal corporation of Mangalore, an innovator and entrepreneur Mr
Ashwath Hegde found an eco-friendly alternative. He made a 100 % biodegradable bag which can dissolve in
hot water and decompose in a natural environment. This is now being used in many countries and is going to
help the environment.
• Narayana Peesapaty made edible spoons from dough of wheat, jowar and rice powder, these spoons can be
eaten and even if they are not eaten, they will easily decompose in the soil enriching it.
• Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) has been constituted by Shri Narendra Modi for the conservation, protection and
development of cows and their progeny. They created Diwali diyas from cow dung as an initiative towards SDG.
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