Suchitra Pandey

Research Scholar, Department of Economics and Finance, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India, [email protected]

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9881-5827

Geetilaxmi Mohapatra

Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India, [email protected]

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0037-4622

Arun Kumar Giri

Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India, [email protected]

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7122-4517

DOI:https://doi.org/10.65901/KIJEIS.2025.v1i1.14-25

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals provide a roadmap for the world to achieve an equitable and sustainable future. One of the distinguishing characteristics of these goals is that they are interconnected. Harvesting the synergies of these SDGs is critical to Agenda 2030’s success. The current study’s aim is to examine the role of water as an agent of interconnectedness among the SDGs. It was discovered that access to water is critical and central to reducing poverty (SDG1), eliminating hunger (SDG 2) and malnutrition, achieving good health (SDG 3), reducing inequalities (SDG 10), particularly gender inequality (SDG 5), and achieving quality education (SDG 4). Water has also been found to increase people’s income levels, which increases their resilience and adaptive capacity and decreases their vulnerability to shocks (SDG 13). Given this significance and India’s continuously deteriorating water situation, the paper recommends that a strong policy initiative be launched to address the nation’s rising water woes if India is to sustain its growth progress.

KISS International Journal of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability (KIJEIS) 2025 Jul, Vol.1 (1): 14 – 25