More effort needed

India's track record better than APAC peers on SDGs

As the global economy recovers from the pandemic and confronts ongoing geopolitical crises and increasingly severe natural disasters, there is no better time to evaluate the progress on achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) goals across countries. Alarmingly, not a single SDG is on track to be achieved by the 2030 deadline. In fact, only one-third of the necessary progress may be made by then. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) recently released the “SDG Progress Report” for the Asia and the Pacific region. The report suggests a 32-year delay in attaining the