Nilgiri
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Poverty:
https://worldpoverty.io/
(63 million in extreme poverty - about 4.6% of total population and will be under 3% in few years time). Of course if you want to use different definition of poverty, then we have to apply to all other countries too.
Sanitation:
http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/swachh-bharat-mission-its-all-about-numbers
As per the government estimates, sanitation coverage in rural India has increased from 38.7 percent on October 2, 2014, to over 94.01 percent on September 26, 2018. Over 4.73 lakh villages and more than 472 districts have been declared ODF. A large-scale survey by the World Bank on the usage of toilets pegs it at above 90 percent.
As per a report by the United Nations, SBM has played a key role in reducing under-five mortality rates by four points in just a year. Close to 200,000 children under the age of five in India, who would have otherwise lost their lives to treatable diseases like diarrhoea, have been saved in two years, says the report. Access to safe drinking water and insisting on hand washing, food safety, and the use of toilets to stop open defecation are all factors that have lowered diarrhoeal deaths, as per the report.
So 90% of 94% would be...around 85% a cpl months back were ODF. So 15% open defecation prevalence still, thats about 200 million people....a big decrease.
More UNESCO and WHO official reports will be coming out soon, so let us see how much is validated from their end.
As the article talks about, many challenges still remain, its not just about getting ODF status but a sustained investment and follow up....but this stuff is even being talked about now is a big leap on the subject (and now politicians have to compete on the issue...esp delivery of solutions).
But this so far was pretty unthinkable just few years back....10 years of the previous UPA administration and they only got a few increment % improvement on it. But of course they didnt really want to bring the issue front and centre (and thus they stayed as part of the problem than the solution)....especially when it comes to things like Red Fort Speeches, sustained hiring of merit based experts (like Mr. P. Iyer) and bureaucracy priority, use of social media etc. For at least that, credit has to be given to Modi (as much as one may dislike him on other things).
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