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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Nutrition, sanitation halt India's human development index climb

Nutrition, sanitation halt India's human development index climb

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published Published on Oct 21, 2011   modified Modified on Oct 21, 2011

-The Hindu Business Line

 

Inter-state inequalities have significantly narrowed in the last decade, but nutrition and sanitation are still big concerns, says the Human Development Report 2011.

The findings of the report are significant as they come a day before the full National Development Council meeting, headed by the Prime Minister, on Saturday. The report, brought out by the Institute of Applied Manpower Research (IAMR) and the Planning Commission, measures the human development index (HDI) on the basis of state net domestic product.

India's HDI between 1999 and 2008 increased by 21 per cent from 0.387 to 0.467, says the report, released here on Thursday by the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

Among states, Kerala has retained its lead in HDI, followed by Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Punjab.

Mr Ahluwalia said, “The 11th Plan aimed at inclusive growth. The past decade shows a move towards convergence in terms of several human development outcomes between states as well as socially excluded communities.”

Dr Santosh Mehrotra, Director-General, IAMR, said “We are fast moving towards social inclusion, as there is vast improvement in indicators among the scheduled castes and tribes and Muslims, whose parameters are converging with the national average.”

On the high rates of child malnutrition, Dr Mehrotra said, “Gujarat's figures (69.7 per cent children up to age 5 were anaemic and 44.6 per cent were malnutritioned) show that economic growth is no guarantee for reducing malnutrition.”

Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting, Mr Ahluwalia agreed that economic growth was not the only panacea for developmental challenges. He cited the example of Kerala, where development indices were good compared with economic growth. “Inclusiveness cannot be measured by one index, as it is a multi-dimensional concept,” he added.

Taking a dig at BJP-ruled Gujarat and Karnataka, the Rural Development Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, said, “Nutrition is a big puzzle. Why is the rate of malnutrition high in pockets of growth like Gujarat and Karnataka?” He called for greater Central role in the areas of nutrition and sanitation in the 12th Plan.

DEVELOPING PARADOX

* Kerala tops, Chhattisgarh lowest

* Education index up 28.5 per cent; health still poor at 13.2 per cent

* Two-thirds of Indians reside in pucca houses

* Three-fourths of households have access to electricity

* 65 per cent rural households defecate in the open

* Over half of Indian women anaemic

The Hindu Business Line, 21 October, 2011, http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-economy/article2560325.ece


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