Soil salinity is one of the most important hazards of the current era, when climate change and land shrinkage due to industrialization and urbanization have threatened the soil and crops. Salinity directly impacts crops as it alters the physiological and metabolic activities of plants, leading to decreased growth and productivity. The cooccurrence of soil salinity with other abiotic burdens causes havoc, and thus, achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is elusive. Field crops are important because of their huge acreage, and they contribute a lot to ensuring food security and supplying industrial raw materials. However, to combat the menace of soil salinity, it is mandatory to adopt meaningful mitigation and adaptation strategies. Real-time diagnosis, monitoring and mapping using geographic information system (GIS), global positioning system (GSP), remote sensing, crop modelling, sensors and internet of things (IoT) facilitate tracking of saline areas over time and an appropriate management. In the current context, all suitable methods, such as breeding and biotechnological interventions, microbial inoculants and biostimulants, and agronomic measures, are to be implemented. Further, the multi-omics approach and phenotyping for crop improvement need to be integrated with smart technologies such as hyperspectral imagery-based soil and crop health monitoring, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-based decision support systems for better management, automation and mechanization to amend saline soil and enable bumper harvest targeting SDG.