Role of Libraries in Achieving Sustainable Development for Viksit Bharat@2047
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Viksit Bharat@2047 envisions India as an equitable, innovative, and sustainable nationby the centenary of independence. Libraries—public, academic, school, and special—arestrategic institutions to translate this vision into everyday capabilities: inclusive access toinformation, digital and data literacy, research acceleration, cultural preservation, and resilientcommunities. This article outlines why libraries are mission-critical to sustainable development,maps their contributions to key SDGs, and proposes a practical roadmap—policies, programs,partnerships, technology, and metrics—to help Indian libraries become high-impact engines ofsocial and economic progress by 2047 (NITI Aayog, 2024, 2025; PMO, 2025; United NationsGeneral Assembly, 2015).
Author: Dr. Amol K. Golwal
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7091458971
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