New York, Oct. 13 -- India on Monday called on the international community to strengthen global resources and execution mechanisms to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, emphasising the need for critical support with "poverty eradication at its core".

Delivering India's statement at the UN Second Committee General Discussion on Sustainable Development, Counsellor Soumya Nair highlighted the urgent necessity of "finance, technology transfer and capacity-building to accelerate SDG implementation" across developing nations.

Nair presented India's significant progress in domestic clean energy transition, revealing that "non-fossil sources account for 55% of installed electricity generation capacity".

Highlighting India's expanding r...