In 2015, United Nations’ members unanimously adopted seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), totaling 169 targets, as per 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 5th SDG is: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls." Gender equality is interlinked with other SDGs (‘No Poverty,’ ‘Quality Education,’ ‘Decent Work and economic growth,’ etc.) As a United Nations member, India too strives towards ideals of2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This paper discusses India's progress toward SDG 5 with regard to the following principal indices: education, health, economic participation, as well as gender-based violence (GBV). It also sheds light on SDG 5's mutual links with SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 3 (Well being and Good Health) and SDG 13 (Climate Action). The paper aims to pinpoint systemic barriers and policy gaps, and to provide actionable recommendations for the same. These recommendations can be actualized via legal frameworks and social reforms, in addition to investments, in service of gender-inclusive development.