Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Development Goals in India

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has expanded all over the globe in a short span of time. It has created a colossal impact on the environment leading to severe consequences. Since March 2020, India has witnessed untold misery and suffering when millions of people have been hit by virus. The pandemic poses both enormous problems as well as several opportunities for the countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out according to the agenda by the year 2030. The SDGs consist pragmatically of different aspects of humans and their environmental well-being, and achieving it will provide ecology with a stable and sustainable life by maintaining the health of our green planet also. It has been damaged by a devastating blow due to Covid-19. The pandemic is bound to have consequences that will have an impact for years to come. The continuous decline in the economy of India with inclination in COVID-19 cases has resulted in an uneven track to fulfilling, meeting, and delivering the SDGs by 2030. The devastating impact on all 17 goals has already endangered the achievements made earlier. COVID-19's effects have highlighted the fundamental need for human well-being. This paper exclusively highlights the SDGs in India which have faced or likely to face an impact due to pandemic and the roadmap for future action to achieve Agenda 2030. This research will also help in understanding the effect of the pandemic on SDGs at state level as in countries around the globe. The paper would open a wide area of research for policymakers to strengthen the SDGs in line with the current pandemic situation. © 2022 IEEE.