RIMT International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (RIJMR)

Abstract: As stated in landmark studies and current global objectives, sustainable development is a long-term vision that emphasizes global advancement without sacrificing the requirements of future generations. The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals with the 10th Edition of the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2025 stating that Finland, Sweden, and Denmark as top performers and the paper extensively reviews India’s progress and challenges regarding the SDGs (Sachs et al. 2025). Though the pace is still too slow to completely fulfill the 2030 targets, India’s 99th ranking is complemented by notable advancements made in East and South Asia, particularly across socioeconomic measures. Despite highlighting advancements in health, renewable energy, education, and gender equality legislation, the study also points to obstacles such as ongoing poverty, hunger, educational inequalities, gender inequality, and resource limitations. The article highlights best practice case studies from India’s corporate, social enterprise, rural, and urban sectors that show scalable efforts in waste management, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, industry decarbonization, and social inclusion. The complicated nature of assessing sustainable development is revealed by literature from both global and regional viewpoints, highlighting the necessity of strong, multifaceted indicators and monitoring systems. India’s problems like water scarcity, unequal access to services, poor governance, budgetary constraints, the stress of urbanization, and insufficient data systems, to increase efficiency and effectiveness at the local and global levels, the paper promotes a supranational systems approach that supports a coordinated, stakeholder-driven strategy and places a strong emphasis on investments in sustainable infrastructure, education, capacity-building, and resource management(IUCN, UNEP, WWF, 1991)”. To establish India as a major player in the global sustainability movement, the report ends by urging policy innovation, CSR integration, green belt planning, and strong education-system alignment with sustainability. The SDGs are positioned as a strategic roadmap for inclusive, resilient, and equitable growth in this abstract, which summarizes the facts, obstacles, and suggestions for promoting sustainable development.