Drawing on the Millennium Declaration , the UN system, World Bank and OECD drew up a set of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with associated targets and indicators. All 191 United Nations member states have pledged to meet the MDGs by the year 2015. The first Goal is to Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger; its targets are to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
10-01-2012India’s appalling state of malnutrition is a matter of national shame and has not been tackled despite high growth rate, said the Indian Prime Minister while releasing a new report.
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Image: Combating hunger: Indian children queue for a meal provided by their school/ Photo credit: Manish Swarup/ AP
06-02-2012The wave of distress suicides by debt ridden farmers in India’s western and central region now engulfs the eastern state of West Bengal. The state government attributes this to mental depression with no links to any financial mess. more...
Image: 30 farmers have committed suicide in the Indian state of West Bengal/ Photo credit: UN/ Files
23-01-2012Group Chair of the Hyderabad-based LV Prasad Eye Institute, Dr Gullapalli N. Rao, introduces his equity-based model to promote eye care in India. In an interview to OneWorld South Asia, Dr Rao says that the institute is driven by the principles of equity, efficiency and excellence.
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Declining aid threatens Afghan food security 26-12-2011Hunger looms on Afghanistan as waning food aid will force to withdraw UN backed agriculture schemes and school feeding programmes for children.
India's rural employment scheme to be revamped 16-11-2011India’s flagship rural employment programme is all set for a version 2.0 launch, announced the rural development minister at a recent national workshop on MGNREGA in the capital.
11-01-2012The HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Survey conducted by the Naandi Foundation presents India's malnutrition data at the district level in a pioneering attempt to make the voices of over 74,000 mothers heard.
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