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INDIA - TRADE BOOM - RAPID GROWTH - WIDENING GAP BETWEEN RICH & POOR - WOMEN & GIRLS

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Gulf Times - 04 May, 2012

http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?id=600004&news_type=Economy&lang=en

 

GULF CO-OPERATION COUNCIL & INDIA - TRADE SET FOR BOOM

Capital flows in the form of foreign direct investment from Gulf Cooperation Council to India have gathered pace in recent years, cumulating to $ 2.6bn between April 2000 and January 2012, Alpen Capital has said in a report.........

 

Trade intensity between the regions has also risen led by numerous bilateral trade agreements signed in the recent past. Although the trade relationship remains largely concentrated around oil, other tradable items are also slowly gaining importance due to the Gulf’s diversification drive.........

 

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Direct Link to Full 84-Page WIDE Publication:

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In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India

"In search of economic alternatives: Voices from India" is a new publication from WIDE. It is an edited collection of short essays by Indian authors on economic structures, relations and principles that are needed to serve the goals of sustainable economic and human development, poverty eradication, social justice, and empowerment of the most vulnerable segments of society: women, Taken together, the 12 essays form an agenda of alternative thinking, linking gender with other social, livelihood, and democratic concerns.

 

 

 

 

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INDIA - INFANT GIRLS & CHILDREN DYING FROM MALNUTRITION

 

India - A malnourished 3-month-old girl is fed at a rehabilitation center in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh.  Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

 

According to the Save the Children's statistics, around 3.5 million children die in a year because of malnutrition. In India alone, one million children's lives could be saved every year if they were not malnourished.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9005486/Two-fifths-of-Indian-children-under-five-are-underweight-survey-finds.html

 

INDIA - 42% OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 5 ARE UNDERWEIGHT - RESEARCH

 

Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, has called malnutrition in the country "a national shame" as he released a major survey that found 42 per cent of children under five were underweight.

 

"Despite impressive growth in our GDP, the level of under-nutrition in the country is unacceptably high" said the Indian prime minister 

 

19 January 2012 - "The problem of malnutrition is a matter of national shame," Mr Singh said at the launch of the HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Report, which surveyed 73,000 households across nine states.

"Despite impressive growth in our GDP, the level of under-nutrition in the country is unacceptably high. We have also not succeeded in reducing this rate fast enough," the 79-year-old prime minister added.

Dr Singh said the findings of the report by an alliance of non-government organisations were both "worrying and encouraging" for India – a fast-growing country of 1.2 billion people with the highest number of children worldwide.

The research found the proportion of under-fives who are underweight had declined 11 percentage points in seven years, but Dr Singh said it remained "unacceptably high" at 42 per cent.

"We cannot hope for a healthy future with a large number of malnourished children," he said.

Data from UNICEF shows that one in three malnourished children worldwide is found in India, with 47 per cent of under-threes underweight.

One of the findings in the new research was that malnourished children in India were rarely hungry, merely badly fed due to widespread ignorance about nutrition among Indian parents.

As well as malnourishment, the survey of more than 100,000 children and 73,000 mothers measured stunting, when children are short in height for their age.

A total of 58 per cent of children under five surveyed were stunted, the survey found, a result of inadequate nutrition for the mother during pregnancy and the child in its early years.

Food prices have soared in India over the last six years, causing increased hardship for the 455 million people estimated by the World Bank to live below the poverty line.

Last month, the Indian cabinet approved the Food Security Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that would provide subsidised food for up to 64 per cent of India's population if passed by parliament.