Author(s): Ashish Kumar Biswas
Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as proposed by United Nations, is major concern in almost all the countries worldwide. There are certain indicators of SDGs. The paper tries to examine the status of attainment of SDG indicators across eight South Asian nations including India. Using World Bank data, the present study has conducted a comparative analysis between India and SAARC countries based on six dimensions, focusing on different sector of SDGs. The study has used both the static and dynamic analysis as tool to analyse the data. To conduct the static analysis, the 2020 was considered for the reference year. On the other hand, a trend analysis was performed to conduct the dynamic analysis based on data of years 2011-2020 for all the six indicators. The findings indicate that in terms of all the indicators Maldives has attained the best outcome compared to all other South Asian nations. India has also performed well in terms of all the indicators, especially environmental and health-related indicators. However, there is more scope for improvement for which awareness generation may play a key role. Both Bangladesh and Nepal require focused attention for attainment of SDGs.