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| India lags behind in most MDG indicators |
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Persistent inequalities, ineffective delivery of public services, weak accountability systems and gaps in implementing pro-poor policies are major bottlenecks to India’s progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, says a report released by the Government of India.
Despite some movement in primary education, assured rural employment and access to potable water, India continues to lag behind in realising the Millennium Development Goals set for 2015 by the United N. |
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| UN convenes meeting on access to medical devices in poorer countries |
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Health experts from more than 100 countries gathered in Bangkok today under the auspices of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss ways to make life-saving medical equipment more accessible to people in developing countries.
“The medical device industry holds great promise for public health, sometimes spectacular promise, sometimes seductive promise,” Margaret Chan, the WHO Director-General, told the more than 350 experts meeting in Thailand&rs. |
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| Indian cabinet approves caste-based census for 2011 |
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India's first caste-based census since 1931 will take place next year, the cabinet has announced.
It said the controversial count would last from June-September 2011, after a full census had been held. Answering questions on caste will be optional.
The move is intended to help target affirmative action benefits.
Discrimination relating to caste in Hinduism - the complex social hierarchy based on people's occupations - is banned in India but still goes on.
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| World Bank okays $220 mn for Kosi flood rebuilding |
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The World Bank has approved a $220 million credit to support rebuilding efforts in areas affected by the devastating Kosi floods in Bihar. The Bihar Kosi Flood Recovery Project will finance flood recovery efforts through the reconstruction of about 100,000 houses, 90 bridges and 290 kilometres of rural roads, the World Bank said in a statement.
It also aims to reduce future oriented risks by strengthening flood management capacity, restoring livelihoods and improving the emergency. |
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| Govt gives free phones to poor instead of grains by Swati Vashishtha |
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Over 1000 Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders in Rajasthan, got free cell phones, instead of the free food grains. It seemed the UPA Government would rather let the food grains rot in open than distribute them for free to the poor.
The Government felt it more important to distribute cell phones to the poor in Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Sachin Pilot's constituency of Ajmer.
People of Phagi Village in Rajasthan haven't been fortunate enough. |
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