India's social sector and SDGs : problems and prospects / edited by Rangachar Govinda and Poornima M.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Govinda, R., editor.

Poornima, M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social planning--India.

Social planning.

India--Social policy.

India.

Social policy.

India--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Contents:

1 Social-sector development in India: an overview p. 3 / Rangachar Govinda

Part II SDCs: process and outcome p. 63

2 Reflections on sustainable development goals from the perspective of developing countries: transformative change or business as usual? p. 65 / Mitu Sengupta

Part III Education and skill development p. 77

3 School education in India and SDGs: issues and challenges p. 79 / Preet Rustagi and Swati Dutta and Deeksha Tayal

4 Knowledge, skills and sustainable development: role of higher education p. 97 / N. V. Varghese

5 Challenges beyond schooling: skilling youth to realise the goal of vocational education and training in India p. 112 / Santosh Mehrotra and Vinay Swamp Mehrotra

Part IV Health, nutrition and food security p. 127

6 Achieving sustainable development goal 3 in the Indian context: the policy-action incoherence p. 129 / T. Sundararaman and Alok Ranjan

7 Public health policies: generating revenues or relief? p. 142 / Imrana Qadeer

8 Macro-masking of micro realities: access to food and nutrition among tribals p. 167 / Nitin Tagade and R. S. Deshpande

9 Food security and sustainable agriculture in India p. 182 / Mondira Bhattacharya and Ankita Goyal

Part V Gender equality p. 201

10 Gender and sustainable development goals p. 203 / Suneeta Dhar

11 Women's work participation and maternity protection conundrum in India: call for high-priority interventions p. 228 / Lakshmi Lingam

Part VI Poverty, employment and inequality p. 247

12 Are we really concerned about employment? Some reflections on India's current macroeconomic policy regime p. 249 / Praveen Jha

13 Exploring the relationship between economic growth, employment and education in Indian states p. 264 / Mona Khare

14 Elite dominance and rising inequality in India p. 283 / Zoya Hasan

15 Thinking samata at the SDG moment p. 296 / Manoranjan Mohanty

16 Making India's development inclusive: centrality of education and health p. 315 / Muchkund Dubey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: India's social sector and SDGs

ISBN:

9781138361515

1138361518

9780367341800

0367341808

OCLC:

1099538574