Sustainable Transitions In India Progress And Directions

Book Code: 1111026495206

J. V. Arun

ABOUT THE BOOK

This book addresses the progress and future directions for India to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. To realise the 2030 Agenda, progress needs to be made at a quicker pace such that it can make a real difference in people’s lives across the nation. The chapters in the book attempted to cover some of the UN SDGsincluding Zero Hunger,Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Actionand Reduced Inequality. Recent reports on SDGs shows that India is falling short ofmost of the targets set under 17-SDGs. This book makes an attempt to deal with the factors thatcontributed to the enhanced magnitude of the issue, the imbalances caused in the society, and themeasures to get hold of SDGs. This book will be a valuable resource for researchers, scholars working in the field of SDGs and readers can gain in-depth understanding on various dimensions in sustainable transitions of India.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Dr. J.V. Arun, Assistant Professor of Economics at Government Arts College for Men (A), Nandanam, Chennai. He has fourteen years of teaching and research experiences. His research interest includes health and development economics. His PhD work is related to utilization of health care services and household health expenditure. He has good number of publications in reputed journals and books including Springer, Scopus-indexed, and UGC CARE listed. Further, he has edited a book titled COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu: Repercussions and the Avenues Ahead. He has carried out a research project, related to urban sanitation, funded by Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE). Apart from that, he has an ongoing major research project on climate change funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Moreover, he has organized national level seminar on COVID-19 crisis and SDGs in India sponsored by ICSSR-SRC, Hyderabad. Also, he has been resourceful in various national and international economic forums by presenting research papers, and delivering invited lectures an special addresses. Articles written by him has appeared in leading Tamil newspapers and magazines.

Mr. A. Premkumar, PhD Research Scholar of Economics at Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu. He has worked in various research projectsin the Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. The projects titled Carbon Footprint and changing lifestyles of Indian Householdsfunded by Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ-International Cooperation) and Climate Smart Livelihood and Socio-ecological Development of Biodiversity Hotspots of India funded by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), Government of India. He has written and published good number of articles in Scopus indexed, UGC Care listed journals and chapters in edited books published by Springer Nature in the area of Environment and Health. He also received doctoral fellowship from University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India for his research.

CONTENTS

Foreword------------------------------------------------------------- 5
Preface--------------------------------------------------------------- 7
About the Editors--------------------------------------------------- 15
List of Contributors------------------------------------------------- 17
1. India’s Action Plan on Reducing Malnutrition---------------- 21
among Children
– Sha Hussain @ S. Yacob Khan, K. Sadasivam,
T. Amose, Prajitha Prakash and M. Sagunthala
2. Towards Zero Wastage of Perishables – Food Loss and -------35
Waste in the Perishable Food Supply Chain
– S. Nandhini, S.D. Sivakumar and P. Ponsakthivel
3. Price Instability in Indian Commodity Market------------------- 45
during Covid-19
– D. Kalaiarasi, A. Rohini and D. Murugananthi
4. Trends in Nanotechnology for Sustainable Food----------------- 63
Security
– N. Swathika
5. A Study on the Efficacy of Primary Health-----------------------75
Centres in Ernakulam District, Kerala
– Divya B Kunnath, S. Mobeen Farhana, and
V. Jacquline Raja Bai
6. A Sustainable Medical Practices in Treating Life---------------- 95
Style Disorders
– Zakiyyah Taj and C. J. Lakshmi
7. Impact of Covid-19 on the Health of the Chenchus-------------- 111
of  Nallamala Hills of Andhra Pradesh
– Sagar Kodi, Kondaiah Nayak Malavathu and
Valerie Dkhar
8. Effectiveness of Online Teaching and Learning------------------- 123
Within the College during the Lockdown –A Study
– M. Deepa
9. Indian Higher Education landscape with reference to------------- 135
SDG 4
– R. Shital and Ramesh Annemalla
10. Achieving Sustainable Sanitation Coverage in Urban----------- 149
Slum Settings
– J.V. Arun and A. Premkumar
11. Socio-economic Analysis on the Impact of------------------ 165
COVID-19 on Indian Economy: An ARDL Approach
– B. Keerthika and R. Jayapriya
12. Covid-19, Inequality, and Marginalised Sections------------ 183
in India
– V. Karthick
13. Climate Change and Rice Productivity in-------------------- 195
Tamil Nadu: Advocating Possible Adaptive Capacity
– S. Smirthi Rajya, Aswathy Ann Thomas and
Merlin Juliet Arul Thangam
14. Plastic Waste Economics and an Alternative Solution-------- 207
to this Plastic Menace
– Megha Mahajan, T.G. Nithya and M. Kamaraj
15. The stimulus of the Soil Health Card on Fertilizer-------------- 219
Usage and its Relevance to Sustainable
Development Goals
– R. Jayapriya and B. Keerthika
16. Survival of the Destitute in Kerala: A Grassroots------------- 231
Level Plan by Kerala Institute of Local
Administration (KILA)
– Nijil Jacobi
17. Role of Caste in Access and Choice of Agricultural----------- 245
Credit
– Suresh Govindapuram, Thottadi Bhavani Prasad
and PV. Bhargav.
18. Digital Financial Inclusion as a Gateway to------------------ 259
Sustainable Development: An Exploration of the
Informal Sector in Chennai
– D. Sangavi and Shobana Karthikeyan
Index------------------------------------------------------------------ 281