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India
below sub-Saharan Africa in
Hunger Index
“African countries
manage hunger
better than us”
Global Hunger Index
War-ravaged countries of Serbia and
Lithuania are better off than India.
So are people in cold deserts of Mongolia.
Tiny nations such as Surinam and
Honduras have got a better handle on it
and so have large diverse countries like
China and Brazil.
Global Hunger Index
In South Asia, countries like Myanmar, Sri
Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan have fared better
than India in their drive against hunger.
Even countries like Laos , Cambodia and
Burkina Faso have been ranked higher than
India.
and yet…
Food prices shoots up manifold
Shortfall in the availability of food grains
Country fails to feed its population
Prices of fertilizers continue to rise
Prime agricultural land diverted for
industrial use
Farmer suicides continue in India
182,936 farmers’ suicide in India till 2007.
Undernutrition levels in India are among
the highest in the world
Spiraling health cost
16% of households in certain Indian states
pushed below the poverty line by heavy medical
costs
43% resort to loans for meeting medical
expenses
1.41 lakh women die each year during
pregnancy or childbirth
46% of children below 3 years of age are under
weight
For an average working class family
expenditure on health care increased by
1037 %
Government spending on health care in
India was a mere 0.8 percent of GDP in
2005
80% of expenditure on health is on
account of private spending
Tax concessions
Tax incentives to corporates amounted to
Rs.2.79 lakh crore amounting to half of the taxes
collected by the government in 2007-2008
Tax concessions given to IPL cost the
government Rs. 10 crore in revenue
At the same time crop loan waiver package to
farmers was a mere Rs 60,000 crore.
Nations much worse off do better
ration cards
India Shines ?
The country is returning back to the pre-
70s society
36% of the world’s poor live in this country
77 % of the population live on Rs. 20 a
day
The employment grew at 2.785 per annum
But Corporate India Shines!
Forbes Millionaire List
In 2007 India ranked 4 and had 53
billionairs with $335 billion.
2009 India ranked 6 and has 24 billionairs
with $107 billion.
Addenta:
Corrupt politicians – the modern day
Nero’s - at the helm of affairs also shines!
The neoliberal policies
Vote for a Government which makes a paradigm shift from these disastrous neo-liberal
policies.
Vote for a Government which has credible alternatives to put forward. (BJP’s and the
Congress’ economic policy is one and the same – ditto copy!).
Vote for a Government which continuously fights all the forces which harm the country and its
unity.
LEFT HAS PROVED THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE THROUGH ITS CONTINUOUS TAKING UP OF
STRUGGLES OF THE POOR AND THE WEAK & MARGINALISED SECTIONS OF SOCIETY
ALSO THROUGH ITS ALTERNATE POLICIES AND PRO-PEOPLE GOVERNANCE IN THE 3
LEFT RULED STATES.
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