Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters. Betwa Sharma in United Nations
India has contributed to a large reduction in global poverty, according to the UN annual report on the Millennium Development Goals, which also pointed out that despite progress, the most vulnerable sections of society were being left out.
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: A homeless woman sits in front of the dried roots of a banyan tree.Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters.
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Children beg for alms from pilgrims near the banks of the river Ganges.Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhury/Reuters.
"In that country, poverty rates are projected to fall from 51 per cent in 1990 to about 22 per cent in 2015."
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Stone worker Sajeda Begum eats lunch with her son Sohel during a break in work at Bholaganj.Photographs: Andrew Biraj/Reuters.
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Homeless children are seen in front of a display window of a garment showroom in New Delhi.Photographs: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Reuters.
The goals include eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, and ensuring environmental sustainability.
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India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Reuters.
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Global poverty rate will fall below 15 per cent.By 2015, it is now expected that the global poverty rate will fall below 15 per cent, well under the 23 per cent target.
The report pointed out that despite progress, the most vulnerable sections of society were being left out.
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Reuters.Between 1995 and 2009, a total of 41 million tuberculosis patients were successfully treated and up to 6 million lives were saved due to effective international protocols for the treatment of tuberculosis.
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Reuters.
India to see huge drop in poverty: UN
Image: Reuters.Asia had registered a net gain of 2.2 million hectares annually in the past 10 years, mostly because of large afforestation programme in China, India and Vietnam.
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