India slipping on parameters on poverty alleviation: ADB
Indicating a mixed achievement, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) assessment on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has said that India is slipping on nine out of 21 parameters with regard to reducing poverty and improving quality of life.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Indicating a mixed achievement, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) assessment on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has said that India is slipping on nine out of 21 parameters with regard to reducing poverty and improving quality of life.
India is off track on achieving targets with regard to poverty reduction, child health, infant mortality and sanitation in urban and rural areas, said the ADB's 'The Millennium Development Goals: Progress in Asia and the Pacific 2007', released today in Manila.
The silver lining, according to the report, is that India, "with a 2004 poverty rate of 34 per cent has travelled less than half the distance to its 2015 target. Since India's subsequent economic growth has been more rapid, the country could see a faster decline in poverty."
The report also pointed out that the country has not made any progress towards achieving targets relating to carbon dioxide emissions and reduction of CFC consumption.
The MDGs were by global leaders under the aegis of the UN in 2000 with the aim of alleviating poverty, disease and hunger around the world by 2015.
On the positive side, the report said that India has already achieved the targets with regard to primary enrolment, controlling the incidence of HIV and TB and improving forest cover.
The report indicates that India is on way to achieve targets with regard to education, especially girls education at primary and secondary levels.
India is off track on achieving targets with regard to poverty reduction, child health, infant mortality and sanitation in urban and rural areas, said the ADB's 'The Millennium Development Goals: Progress in Asia and the Pacific 2007', released today in Manila.
The silver lining, according to the report, is that India, "with a 2004 poverty rate of 34 per cent has travelled less than half the distance to its 2015 target. Since India's subsequent economic growth has been more rapid, the country could see a faster decline in poverty."
The report also pointed out that the country has not made any progress towards achieving targets relating to carbon dioxide emissions and reduction of CFC consumption.
The MDGs were by global leaders under the aegis of the UN in 2000 with the aim of alleviating poverty, disease and hunger around the world by 2015.
On the positive side, the report said that India has already achieved the targets with regard to primary enrolment, controlling the incidence of HIV and TB and improving forest cover.
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The report indicates that India is on way to achieve targets with regard to education, especially girls education at primary and secondary levels.
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