Once in a 5 year moment & says it all !!

DMK Candidate campaigning in T.Nadu.

(source : Economic Times : 4th May-09)

antyoday facts :

27.5 percent of Indians live below the national income poverty line

More than 60 percent of women are chronically poor, as are 43 percent of Scheduled Tribes and 36 percent of Scheduled Caste groups

More than 90 percent of the overall workforce is employed in the informal economy; for women, it is even higher, at 96 percent

48.6 percent of farmer households are in debt, and only 27 percent access formal credit

296 million people are illiterate and 233 million are undernourished, particularly children younger than age 3

Maternal mortality – an indicator not only of the quality of maternal health care services but also of the general level of empowerment of women – stands at 301 per 100,000 live births, compared to a target of 108 per 100,000

Sources:
UNDP page on poverty

Poverty Estimates for 2004-2005, Government of India;

Report of the 11th Plan Working Group on Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Planning Commission, 2006;

Report on the conditions and promotion of livelihoods in the unorganized sector, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS), 2007;

Eleventh Five Year Plan 2007-2012, Volume 1- Inclusive Growth, Planning Commission, 2008;

Human Development Report 2007/2008, United Nations Development Programme, 2007;

Maternal Mortality in India, 1997-2003, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, 2006

Monday, May 4, 2009

Once in a 5 year moment & says it all !!

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