Which of the following Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) will target to water availability for all and its permanent management upto 2030 in India?

The correct answer is A) SDG 6. Its formal title is 'Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all', with a 2030 horizon, which matches the question's wording exactly.

Why the others are wrong:

• SDG 7 is affordable and clean energy. It is about electricity and clean fuels, not water.
• SDG 8 is decent work and economic growth, covering employment and productivity.
• SDG 9 is industry, innovation and infrastructure. Dams and pipelines are infrastructure, but the goal itself is not about water availability.

The core concept is that SDG 6 has targets on safe drinking water (6.1), sanitation (6.2), water-use efficiency (6.4), integrated water resource management (6.5) and protection of water ecosystems (6.6). For Mains GS-III, link it to water security, the National Water Mission under NAPCC, and Jal Jeevan Mission. NITI Aayog's SDG India Index tracks India's progress on this goal.

Trap: Candidates pick SDG 9 because water projects are infrastructure. Ask what the goal itself is about, not what gets built under it.