Indian Economy: Growth -3

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For backwardness of each of the States indicated by me, you have an excuse.Take the case of West Bengal , it came into existance during the British Time. Since 1947 till late 60s it was ruled by the Congress , as the rest of India, thereafter the Communists.Blaming any particular political party is of no use the fact remains that the rural poor is very much there.In the case of Orissa, the Communists have never been in power, yet the situation remains grim.Draught is natural but power generation, lift irrigation and deep borings are all man made. However, these did not provide the desired effect.Lallu was no where in State politics till 1974, and the State of Bihar came into existance in 1935.The existance of Lallu cannot be taken as an excuse for the present State of affairs. The suicide by the farmers of Maharastra cotton belt cannot be blamed to politicfians of Bihar and West Bengal.
Since you are bent upon to distort the true state of affairs prevailing in India I am reproducing extracts from various media reports. I<b> presume you will brand the entire print media to be biased( it won't have much takers)</b>
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Child mortality rate highest in India: UNICEF

Sumit Pande
CNN-IBN



INNOCENCE LOST: Fifty per cent of the mortality is ascribed to malnutrition, says the report.
New Delhi: A recently released annual report by the UNICEF says that of a nearly 10 million children dying below the age of five every year, 2.1 million are Indians.


And the real shock lies in the fact that all these lives could be saved with better child care facilities.


"If India wants to realise its intellectual capabilities, it needs to work on this area much strongly,” says representative, UNICEF India, Dr Gianni Murzi.


Although child mortality rates have come down significantly in the last 15 years, two indicators have set alarm bells ringing; first, a very high count of the neo-natal deaths.


But the worrying factor has really been malnutrition in India. Fifty per cent of the total under-five mortality is ascribed to malnutrition.


And there has not been any significant change in the nutritional values for children in India in the last two years.


"Social changes do not happen overnight, its not like building bridges,” says Joint Secretary, WCD, Dr Lavleen Kakkar.


The Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has been running for the last 30 years, but now it seems changes to the government's flagship programme for mother and child care care could do with a few changes.


There is a proposal which is already pending with the government for almost two years.
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<b>THIS IS EXAMPLE OF YOUR SHINING INDIA.</b>