Implications of SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure in India

This essay examines the implications of Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (SDG 9) within the context of India. It explores how investments in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development, and technological progress are crucial for economic growth and social development. The essay analyzes the impact of initiatives like "Make in India" and "Startup India," highlighting their effects on employment, manufacturing, and technological advancements. It also discusses challenges such as the need for improved education and awareness, and the importance of sustainable practices. The analysis covers the Mangalyaan project and carbon finance projects, demonstrating India's commitment to innovation and sustainable industrialization. The essay concludes by summarizing how SDG 9 aims to improve business and society in India through technological advancements, infrastructure development, and industrial growth, while also acknowledging the limitations in healthcare and education access. The overall focus is on how SDG 9 is implemented in India and its impact on the country.

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Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
In present environment, the economic growths, social development, as well as the environmental
action are majorly reliant on the investment in the infrastructure, sustainable industrial progress
as well as the progress of the technological. Across the world, there are different geographical
region that needs sustainable development. The major issue that has been identified is the basic
infrastructure issue which includes roads, information, and communication. Furthermore, the
issue due to which there is need of the sustainable development goals is falling to enhance the
infrastructure and to encourage the technological revolution that could interpret into the poor
health care, inappropriate cleanliness and also the incomplete admission to the education. The
aim of the paper is to study the implication of Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
based on the geographical area of India. Along with this, it shows how the objectives of goal 9
would improve the business as well as society in India.
Sustainable development goal 9 includes Industry, innovation, and infrastructure. This goal is
vital drivers of economic growth as well as the development of the nation. The research shows
that the gaol contributes effectively in building resilient infrastructure, promotion of the
sustainable industrialization and it also fosters innovation (United Nations, 2020). It has been
found that with over half the world population now active in the cities, renewable energy and
also the mass transport with the renewable energy are becoming mist vital for the development
within the country related to the new industries, information as well as the communication
technologies. According to the goal, technological progress is considered as one of the key
results that lasting solutions to both the environment as well as economic issues which include
offering new jobs and enhancing the efficiency of energy.

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In the research, this has been found that India as a state is business and present at cusp of the
modification (ET Edge, 2019). India is considered as earliest nation and this is the reason that the
youth of the country need to be involved in the early teaching and actions that help them to form
and also to form the sustainable long-term momentum that can support country with the motive
to see their target through and this drive the SDGs act (UNDP, 2020). However, it has been
found that there is a requirement for the continuous series of action-oriented programmes that
contribute in empowering the pains of the change-makers and also to match the bottom-up
invention along with the organised capability in a proposition to scale up the development and
also to form the more meaningful effect. The image given below shows that implication of goal 9
in India and the changes it brought in India.
(Source: United Nations, 2020)
In India, the implication of the Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure have contributed
effectively by providing the employment to 111 million in the micro, small as well as the

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medium enterprise produce 33% of the manufacturing output. In the research, this has been
found that unemployment within India is considered by the chronic disguised unemployment.
The approach of the Make in India has targeted the eradication of both unemployment as well as
poverty in the current periods that has sent the millions of poor as well as uneducated persons
into the urban areas who were looking for the livelihood in order to deal with the financial
difficulties and for setting skill honing, up business and setting up public sector enterprise and
many other (Bishnoi, 2019). This initiative of the Make in India is an Initiative of administration
in India with the motive to promote the domestic and multinational businesses to produce their
own products in India. The initiative reflects the improvement in the industry and this is the
reason due to which PM Narendra Modi introduced this on 25th September 2014. However, it has
been found that there are many areas where people are not able to get the basic essential to live
their life which means they are still facing the financial issues, lack of resources, and many
others.
An initiative of make in India has a reason for Job formation and also the ability improvement in
25 subdivisions of economy. It has been determined that the initiative majorly hopes to get
attraction from the technology as well as a capital investment in India. In the year 2014, the
cabinet of India was approved with approx. 49% of the foreign direct investment (FDI) in
defence sector and 100 in the infrastructure of railways. Before the initiative, the sector of
defence was approved for 26% FDI and not permitted in railways. Make in India brought many
changes in the Indian industries as there was a major change in the rule of 51% of the stake. One
India Business would have apprehended 51% stake this was altered to the different businesses
that could grip the 51% in between the September 2014 and November 2015. Furthermore,
country got the proposal of 1.20 lakh crore from the different companies who are interested in

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manufacturing the electronics. 24.8% of the smartphones are transported in nation in the month
of April-June Quarter of 2015 that was made within the country and it was up from 19.9% the
previous quarter (Wani, Songara and Wani, 2016). It leads to the improvement in trade but the
people with the skill work in India are facing issues to get the work. People in India are not
educated enough due to which they are not able to get jobs in industries and thus they use hand
skills. The handwork is expensive and people don’t like to purchase it because they shift towards
the machine work due to which the people deal with issues of survival.
Another major change that took place due to the sustainable development goal is permission for
the 100% FDI overall all the sectors apart from defence 49%, space 74%, 49% and news media
26% (Wani, Songara and Wani, 2016). However, this has been witnessed that Indian would have
improved the education level by forming the partnership with the different companies as this is
the only way through they would have witnessed the improvement in the industry sector and also
the improvement in the GDP of the country due to rise in unemployment sector (Franco, Arduz
and Buitrago, 2020). SDG 9 Goal has brought the growth of GDP with an average of 7.2% in
between 2018-2019.
One of the leading initiatives that are brought by the government in India with the emergence of
the sustainable development goal 9 is related to the start-up India. It has been found that start-up
India is a flagship initiative of government of India that majorly planned to catalyse the culture
of a start-up and also to build a strong as well as an inclusive ecosystem which is needed for the
vast innovation and entrepreneurship in India (Start up India, 2020). This initiative has brought
the wide number of programs with the objective of providing support to the entrepreneurs as well
as transforming India into the country of the job formation rather than the job seekers. The start-
up gets the support for the enhanced infrastructure that consists of the incubation centres, easier

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IPR facilitation that include the easier patent filing along with the better regulatory environment
which consists of easier compliance, tax benefits and many others. In addition to this, the
program shows that the economic stimulus in the form an INR 10,000 crore Fund of Funds that
are accomplished by SIDBI with the motive to enhance the funding opportunities (Start up India,
2020).
On contrasting this, the idea of the start-up matters the most as there are many people who are
not able to get the benefit of this initiative as they fail to meet the requirement of the people
already present in India. Currently, the rural people are not aware of the start-up India which
means that there is no awareness among the people regarding the initiatives which shows the
possibility of failure in the implementation of the goals.
The sustainability development gaols 9 include the practice of sustainability which includes
thinking about the environment and its protection. Along with this, the goal also focuses on the
infrastructure and innovation that can be used to manage sustainability. In India, the
implementation of the goal is clearly evident with usage of plastic for building of the roads. The
scientist and engineers make use of the plastic for the construction of roads for a long time.
However, one of the recent studies shows that the use of plastic waste is possible for the
improvement of infrastructure. A Bangalore based firm and a team of engineers from R. V.
College of Engineering, Bangalore, have established a way of using the waste from plastic for
the building of the streets (Manju, Sathya and Sheema, 2017). The technology is making this
initiative to actually take place where the waste of plastic is used for the construction of roads.
The construction of the roads with the help of plastic is possible with the waste which generally
includes carrying bags, throwaway cups, and PET bottles that are generally gathered from the
garbage dumps for construction. According to the technology, when plastics get mixed with the

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hot bitumen then it melts to form an oily coat and this combination is used on road surface. This
new technology contributes effectively to improve the infrastructure by use of technology. The
improvement in technology is the way through which the goals of business and society are
attained. However, this is very clear that this approach needs time and research with the funds
which are hard to conduct for everyone. Along with this, when people get to know about the
approach then they make the maximum use of the plastic instead of reducing it which is one of
the leading risks to the environment and also limits up the sustainability goal (Mujalde and
Bairagi, 2019).
The implication of the SDG 9 is clearly evident with the Mangalyaan project which is the
world’s least expensive interplanetary mission to Mars. It has been found that Mangalyaan is
considered as one of the major examples of the frugal innovation and is majorly considered as
the technology demonstration mission. In India, a trip in major cities with three-wheeler taxi to
Mars that would charge you approx. $33 million and even over than that ISRO has consumed to
dispatch a spacecraft to the similar destination (Radjou, Prabhu, Ahuja and Roberts, 2015). The
project of Mangalyaan was individual $74 million which is around $25 million that is actually
less than the Hollywood movie gravity which is making it the greatest of the economical
successful interplanetary mission in the entire history. Most importantly, India is also the first
nation to achieve success in the maiden effort to the mission to Mars. This shows that the
development in terms of the technology is attained and they are still working on it.
The research shows that India also took participation in the carbon finance project activities that
majorly aim to enhance sustainable industrialisation. It has been found that investing in the
community infrastructure consists of the rehabilitation and construction of the community
schools, medical clinics as well as water points (Kumar, 2013). This means that the country has

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taken the right steps for carbon protection and also to manage sustainability with the effective
use of technology. This is the way through which it would improve society and business in India.
The entire implication of SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure show that it has limited
access to health care and education. The aims of goal 9 would have improved the business and
society in India by improving the way they make use of the technology, bring development
towards the infrastructure and also by industry. It has been determined that India has
implemented different initiatives, programs and way out through which they are able to apply
this goal but there are still many loopholes (Mujalde and Bairagi, 2019). In India, there is a
presence of poverty, it is still considered as a developing country, and rural areas need high
attention as basic requirements of the people are not meet due to lack of unemployment
opportunities. Along with this, the improvement in the health and education services of the
country would have contributed effectively in attaining the aim of the gaol 9.
At the end of the analysis, this can be said that Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure is
considered as one of the vital goals of sustainable development that is implemented by the
nations to bring the improvement in terms of industry, infrastructure, and technology. It has been
found that the implication of goal in India is bringing opportunities and technology is becoming
a way towards sustainable practice and also improving jobs.

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