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India’s children neither healthy nor happy

New Delhi, July 19, 2012, DHNS
India fares poorly among middle-income countries as far as overall well-being of children is concerned in areas such as child health, education and nutrition during the last decade, states a report.

India has slipped12 ranks since 1995 and is placed at the 112th position in the global “Child Development Index (CDI)” released by Save the Children, a leading child rights NGO.

The report covered 141 countries out of which India has emerged as among the 14 countries whose ranks have dropped.

According to the report released on Thursday, since 1995, India’s CDI has come down to 100 from 103 between 1995 and 1999, and by another nine ranks, 103 to 112, between 2005 and 2010.

“This is a wake-up call for India. Save the Children has reiterated economic progress must result in inclusive growth for all, especially the poor and the marginalised,” said Thomas Chandy, CEO, Save the Children, India.

The CDI, launched in 2008 as a tool to monitor the progress in child well-being, ranks the best and worst places for children and improvements in child well-being globally in terms of the number of children in school, under five mortality rates and number of underweight children.

Among other countries, the United States is ranked 24 in the index, China is at 29th position, Australia is at 16th position and Somalia is at the bottom.

On the positive side, the report also revealed that conditions for children have improved in 90 per cent of countries since the second half of the 1990s. “Compared to those years, a child is now a third more likely to go to school and a third less likely to die before their fifth birthday,” states the report.

The 2012 edition of CDI has shown some encouraging results indicating that on an average, the lives of children as per the mentioned three indicators improved by more than 30 per cent.

However, the report also highlights that nutrition is lagging behind and that the proportion of acutely malnourished children grew by 1.2 per cent during the 2000s. In India, 42 per cent of children are underweight, while 58 per cent are stunted by the age of two years.

India’s children neither healthy nor happy: report


trying to satisfy your ego, by talking about kid's ... trying to bash India..... because your ego got kicked by some Indians.... will reflect your nasty ironic attitude, which shows brainwashed mentality and the way your trying to be best Internet warrior....


You are not from west who have less poverty ....etc...... when you are trying to point out some others problem... look back to your own arse...... you still have settle down more issues than what India have.....
 
No it's your delusional mindset, which wants to drag in Pakistan to cover your own shortcomings. It's India which wants to become some super power, it's India vouching for UNSC seat, it's Indians who dream of taking over China, but when your under belly gets exposed, then you match up with Pakistan....well no surprises there, the obsession is paramount.

The Indian Govt never mentioned becoming a superpower as a goal.


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No it's your delusional mindset, which wants to drag in Pakistan to cover your own shortcomings. It's India which wants to become some super power, it's India vouching for UNSC seat, it's Indians who dream of taking over China, but when your under belly gets exposed, then you match up with Pakistan....well no surprises there, the obsession is paramount.

Because it is a Pakistani who will post such news about India and then gloat in glory for few minutes and When shown the facts will say " look we are a small country , look we are fighting war on terror , look look look " . Being a small country does not grant you exemption from alleviating social and economic conditions in your country . And China was in UNSC in 50's . It was back then facing these problems . Read about great leap forward . Their Goes your UNSC argument down the drain . And your Superpower argument has been replied a million times over in this forum . But you still don't learn .
 
India is another Africa in the making....More than 60% of there population is under poverty line and yet they are hiding this fact..such a shame..

World dint agree wid u and even they are investing hard despite of the corruption etc here
 
India is another Africa in the making....More than 60% of there population is under poverty line and yet they are hiding this fact..such a shame..

There are many things common between India and Africa, but Africa is not a country and neither does India have the resources Africa has.
 
Because it is a Pakistani who will post such news about India and then gloat in glory for few minutes and When shown the facts will say " look we are a small country , look we are fighting war on terror , look look look " . Being a small country does not grant you exemption from alleviating social and economic conditions in your country . And China was in UNSC in 50's . It was back then facing these problems . Read about great leap forward . Their Goes your UNSC argument down the drain . And your Superpower argument has been replied a million times over in this forum . But you still don't learn .

But my sweety sweety Indian brother.. why you Indians get so defensive on anything that is posted on India... ? I don't see anything wrong with that article... :disagree: All your Indians brothers claim day n night how great India is.. how stunning n chocolaty Indians are, how intelligent n smart Indians are that Germans N Swedes r dying to dance with them...

Sometimes it is Ok to get in touch with the reality of India. ;)
 
trying to satisfy your ego, by talking about kid's ... trying to bash India..... because your ego got kicked by some Indians.... will reflect your nasty ironic attitude, which shows brainwashed mentality and the way your trying to be best Internet warrior....


You are not from west who have less poverty ....etc...... when you are trying to point out some others problem... look back to your own arse...... you still have settle down more issues than what India have.....

Listen looser, the article is from an Indian source, why don't you make an effort to address the article rather than barking your usual nonsense.
 
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