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Challenges for India
India is facing mounting national security concerns as well as international scrutiny over escalating human rights violations. India’s debt continues to rise as the country continues to grow heavily dependent on foreign aid. Widespread poverty is India’s most compelling problem and is measured by malnutrition, infant mortality, illiteracy and starvation. Further challenges facing India include the continuing surge in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and abuses against sex-education workers. Widespread military abuse, in the name of ‘fighting terrorism,’ and police brutality are hardly uncommon in India. ... The 2,000-year-old caste system remains in India and is a major cause of human rights abuse including rape, beating, and murder as well as police complicity. ...
In 2000, India’s per capita gross national income was only $450- and that was an improvement! The World Bank cites the rise in the standard of living and the overall wage increase saying India has “significantly improved the well being of its people. ... (WB) According to the World Bank, for which India is the largest single borrower, “poverty reduction remains Indias most compelling challenge despite good progress in the 1990s. ...
Although significant progress has been achieved in education, India remains home to the worlds largest number of illiterates. (WB) Twenty percent of the worlds out-of-school children reside in India. (WB) India is also has a significant gender gap in elementary education with a ratio of 927 females per 1,000 males. (AI)
Health risks in India include high rates of infant mortality, malnutrition, widespread anemia in women, and most recently HIV/AIDS. In India, maternal deaths account for almost twenty-five percent of the worlds childbirth-related deaths. ... (WB)
Although female life expectancy now surpasses that for men, the overall picture for women in India is bleak. Women are second-class, voiceless citizens in India. ... )
The most alarming of the new challenges is the silent spread of HIV/AIDS.
Approximate Word count = 1570
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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