Digital Mission for India to Achieve SDG 9 for Building Resilient Infrastructure, Sustainable Industrialization and Fostering Innovation: A Study of Navratna Companies in India

The objective of the Sustainable Development Goals, more specifically goal number 9 in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is to develop strong, resilient and flexible infrastructure for sustainable and steady industrialization in nations and fostering technological innovations across the members of the United Nations.SDG 9 focuses on improving the overall lives of citizens of a country by improving present infrastructural facilities and fostering the growth and introduction of new, advanced and sustainable technologies. For this goal to be achieved, it is the responsibility of the governments all over the world to work towards making their nations technologically advanced and bold enough to foster innovative projects. Developing countries like India show a lot of potential to adapt and make use of advanced infrastructure being offered to them to become the leading producers of the world.This concluding chapter focuses on understanding the role of Navratna companies in India, i.e. the major public sector undertakings in India, to understand their role and contribution towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal in question. The study focuses on 10 Navratna companies based in India that come under the central public sector enterprises. The study talks about how the Digital India initiative by the Government of India mission has impacted the industries operating in India and how the incorporation of technologies has affected the overall productivity of Indian enterprise. The data were collected through secondary resources like websites, annual reports, research materials and other data available in journals. The implication of the current study is that other companies operating in India and abroad can learn about implementing the Sustainable Developmental Goal in their day-to-day practices to increase productivity and improve infrastructure, thereby fostering innovation and growth. This will help India reach its goal of becoming a major manufacturing hub and a digitally advanced nation.