Sustainable Development Index 2020

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Sustainable Development Index 2020

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What is the report?

1. COVID 19 will have severe negative impacts on most of the United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
2. The SDGs are a collection of 17 global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”.
3. More than a third of the world’s population was under lockdown in the middle of April this year. As a result, many economic activities were shut down, leading to massive losses to the economy and loss of jobs, with maximum impact on vulnerable groups.
4. The health, economic and social crises triggered by COVID-19 called for increased international collaboration and solidarity to support the most vulnerable countries.
5. Countries could cooperate on dissemination of the best practices rapidly, addressing hunger hotspots, ensuring social protection and promoting new drugs and vaccines.
6. The report said COVID-19 had negatively affected several goals including: SDG 1 (no poverty); SDG 2 (zero hunger); SDG 3 (good health and wellbeing); SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth); SDG 10 (reduced inequalities)
7. At the same time, the pandemic had brought “immediate relief” in areas related to: SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production); SDG 13 (climate action); SDG 14 (life below water); SDG 15 (life on land).

India’s position -

1. India ranked at 117, with a score of 61.9 out of 100. It ranked below two South Asian nations — Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. India faces major challenges major challenges in 10 of the 17 SDGs which include — zero hunger, good health, gender inequality among others.
3. There are significant challenges in another three SDGs — no poverty (SDG 1), Life below water (SDG 14) and Life on land (SDG 15).

Global update on COVID-19 - 

1. There have been 10,662,536 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 516,209 deaths as on July 3, 2020.
2. The subsequent socio-economic crisis has affected all countries, including high-income ones in Europe and North America.

Key notes -

1. Two African countries — Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso — and Cambodia from Asia progressed the most since 2015.
2. Venezuela, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo regressed most, due to conflicts and other economic and social reasons.
3. To download complete report visit here - https://niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/SDG-India-Index-2.0_27-Dec.pdf

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