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Hunger Facts
1. Hunger remains the No.1 cause of death in the world. Aids, Cancer etc. follow.
2. There are 820 million chronically hungry people in the world.
3. 1/3rd of the world’s hungry live in India.
4. 836 million Indians survive on less than Rs. 20 (less than half-a-dollar) a day.
5. Over 20 crore Indians will sleep hungry tonight.
6. 10 million people die every year of chronic hunger and hunger-related diseases. Only eight percent are the victims of hunger caused by high-profile earthquakes, floods, droughts and wars.
7. India has 212 million undernourished people – only marginally below the 215 million estimated for 1990–92.
8. 99% of the 1000 Adivasi households from 40 villages in the two states, who comprised the total sample, experienced chronic hunger (unable to get two square meals, or at least one square meal and one poor/partial meal, on even one day in the week prior to the survey). Almost as many (24.1 per cent) had lived in conditions of semi-starvation during the previous month.
9. Over 7000 Indians die of hunger every day.
10. Over 25 lakh Indians die of hunger every year.
11. Despite substantial improvement in health since independence and a growth rate of 8 percent in recent years, under-nutrition remains a silent emergency in India, with almost 50 percent of Indian children underweight and more than 70 percent of the women and children with serious nutritional deficiencies as anemia.
12. The 1998– 99 Indian survey shows 57 percent of the children aged 0– 3 years to be either severely or moderately stunted and/or underweight.
13. During 2006 – 2007, malnutrition contributed to seven million Indian children dying, nearly two million before the age of one.
14. 30% of newborn are of low birth weight, 56% of married women are anaemic and 79% of children age 6-35 months are anaemic.
15. The number of hungry people in India is always more than the number of people below official poverty line (while around 37% of rural households were below the poverty line in 1993-94, 80% of households suffered under nutrition).
Sources :
UN World Food Programme
UN World Health Organization: Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition, 2006
UN Food and Agriculture Organization: SOFI 2006 Report
National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (India)
National Family Health Survey 2005 – 06 (NFHS-3) (India)
Centre for Environment and Food Security (India)
Rural 21 (India)
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This blog is a medium for me by which i share my thoughts and views about various social issues that are related with my country India and world.We should act as a responsible society and we need to do "Aatmanthan" which can in turn make this country and world a better place to live.The views expressed are purely mine and doesn't reflect the views of mass.I don't want to hurt anyone rather a healthy discussion will lead to a solution.This blog is non profit.
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3 comments:
We have become independent only for last 60 years. In these 60 years we have achieved so many good things. The steel plants, Life insurance company, Insurance Company, the best banking system, Public distribution system,Technological progress, The report to Information,Right to education and above all the best Parliamentary system in the whole world. Within this short period we have the population increased from mere 350 millions to 1200 Millions.But No body dies, even the poorest survives. And every body is free to say what he feels good. Full freedom.
We definitely have achieved lot since past 60 years but here the question is that "Is it enough"? Doesn't we need to change and grow as human beings? Why still there are places like Kalahandi where people don't have much to eat,why there is corruption at all levels,why we aren't able to provide education to all,why we are lacking behind when we talk about being humane,Arewe really doing justice to our own country,why jessica lal,nitish katara,ruchika and many more like them still waiting for appropriate justice...why why??
Its not enough what we have achieved and its of great importance that we accept our mistakes and we work on them.My motive is not to criticize my country and my people but my motive is to make people realize and to work to bring a positive change.
India has now 1200 million people. It achieved its freedom in 1947 and the republic was made in 1950. In this short period people have to learn the voting. In many places the votes are still purchased. Because the people at large do not understand the value of their votes. People are learning, but very slowly. No body is there to teach them. They are learning by themselves. In every election, they do learn a lot of things. In many places people have learned the voting. But various rural areas they are is still the same thinking of the British Rule.That is the biggest problem. But inspire of this, wee are lucky that there is no dictatorship! By large in such an environment, we had leaders like Dr Ambedkar who gave us a beautiful constitution, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi up to emergency,VP Singh who had guided these illiterate people. Now the parliament has passed the Right to Education. I am proud of these things. But I do agree that in such a society where there is lots of religion, lot of language, there such things as you have mentioned are likely to happen.
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