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December 31st, 2002, 10:57 AM
India Fact File
India with a total expenditure of 12.9 billion dollars accounts for only 0.9 per cent of world's total public expenditure on education.(The Hindu, December 9, 2001)
Almost 59 million children in India under the age of 14 years, including 35 million girls, are not attending school, a report on the state of children in India says.
With a victim every minute, tuberculosis is India's deadliest infectious disease.(India Today, November 12, 2001)
A fifth of infants below five who die in India are victims of diarrhoea. Statistics show that if 30 per cent of those struck with diarrhoea in the country use ORS, 40,000 deaths can be prevented every year.(India Today, October 22, 2001)
25 pc of the world's blind are in India. (The Times of India, October 13, 2001)
325 million people in India are below poverty line. (Outlook, September 17, 2001)
50 million people in India are on the brink of starvation. (Outlook, September 17, 2001)
According to 2001 census, 6 percent of Andhra Pradesh's population is disabled of whom the mentally challenged constituted one-fourth.(The Hindu, August 11, 2001)
One out of every two children between the age of six and fourteen has no access to primary education.Courtesy: Corporation Bank (Ad in The Hindu, August 15, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, 55% of urban population in India does not have adequate housing. (www.akanksha.org, July 15, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, half of all Indian children under the age of 5 suffer from malnutrition. (www.akanksha.org, July 15, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, 7.5 million of Mumbai's 12 million urban residents are slum dwellers or homeless. (www.akanksha.org, July 15, 2001)
India has the world's largest number of oral cancer patients. (The Times Of India, June 16, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, worldwide, 10,000 persons die everyday as a result of tobacco use. Out of this, 2,200 die in India. (The Times Of India, June 16, 2001)
India is Asia's most polluted country. (The Times Of India, May 28, 2001)
300 million people still living below the poverty line in India. (The Times Of India, April 30, 2001)
A third of the world's malnourished children are in India. (The Times Of India, April 27, 2001)
One out of 10 people in India suffer from heart diseases. In the next two decades, the figure will increase to one out of five. (The Times Of India, April 23, 2001)
Thirty million people suffer from Diabetes in India, according to the study conducted jointly by Novo Nordisk Education Foundation and Diabetes Society of India(DESI). (The Times Of India, April 10, 2001)
India has the second-largest HIV-positive population, with adults alone totalling 3 to 5 million. (The Times Of India, March 13, 2001)
About 34 per cent of the world's polio cases are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. India as a whole accounts for 40 per cent of the global total. According to World Health Organization(WHO) statistics for 2000, the number of confirmed polio cases around the globe was 663. Of these, 228 were in Bihar and UP. The rest of India had 36 cases. (The Times Of India, March 11, 2001)
According to World Health Organisation reports, one person dies every 40 seconds in India due to diseases related to tobacco consumption. (The Times Of India, February 19, 2001)
Out of total number of leprosy patients in the world, 90 per cent of them are confined to only 12 countries and India alone accounts for 61.1 per cent of world's recorded cases. (The Times Of India, February 14, 2001)
One million tobacco-related deaths take palce in India per year, out of a total three million deaths worldwide. (The Times Of India, February 7, 2001)
30 per cent children in Delhi station have HIV. (The Times Of India, February 2, 2001)
India's blind population is almost a quarter of the entire world's figure of 40 million. (The Times Of India, October 11, 2000)
"India is home to nearly 300 million neo-literates, which is around one-third of the world's neo-literate population," says Vice-President Krishna Kant.(The Hindustan Times * New Delhi, September 9, 2000)
National Sample Survey of 1983 reports 17.4 million child labourers in India, while a study sponsered by the labour ministry concludes that the child-labour force is 44 million. UNICEF, meanwhile, cites figures ranging from 75-90 million. (Businessworld, 3 July, 2000)
India has over 60 million disabled people, of whom seven million are employable and waiting for jobs, according to the 1991 National Sample Survey. (Businessworld, 12 June, 2000)
40 per cent of Indians live on Rs 10 daily. (The Hindustan Times, February 6, 2000)
India with a total expenditure of 12.9 billion dollars accounts for only 0.9 per cent of world's total public expenditure on education.(The Hindu, December 9, 2001)
Almost 59 million children in India under the age of 14 years, including 35 million girls, are not attending school, a report on the state of children in India says.
With a victim every minute, tuberculosis is India's deadliest infectious disease.(India Today, November 12, 2001)
A fifth of infants below five who die in India are victims of diarrhoea. Statistics show that if 30 per cent of those struck with diarrhoea in the country use ORS, 40,000 deaths can be prevented every year.(India Today, October 22, 2001)
25 pc of the world's blind are in India. (The Times of India, October 13, 2001)
325 million people in India are below poverty line. (Outlook, September 17, 2001)
50 million people in India are on the brink of starvation. (Outlook, September 17, 2001)
According to 2001 census, 6 percent of Andhra Pradesh's population is disabled of whom the mentally challenged constituted one-fourth.(The Hindu, August 11, 2001)
One out of every two children between the age of six and fourteen has no access to primary education.Courtesy: Corporation Bank (Ad in The Hindu, August 15, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, 55% of urban population in India does not have adequate housing. (www.akanksha.org, July 15, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, half of all Indian children under the age of 5 suffer from malnutrition. (www.akanksha.org, July 15, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, 7.5 million of Mumbai's 12 million urban residents are slum dwellers or homeless. (www.akanksha.org, July 15, 2001)
India has the world's largest number of oral cancer patients. (The Times Of India, June 16, 2001)
According to the World Health Organisation, worldwide, 10,000 persons die everyday as a result of tobacco use. Out of this, 2,200 die in India. (The Times Of India, June 16, 2001)
India is Asia's most polluted country. (The Times Of India, May 28, 2001)
300 million people still living below the poverty line in India. (The Times Of India, April 30, 2001)
A third of the world's malnourished children are in India. (The Times Of India, April 27, 2001)
One out of 10 people in India suffer from heart diseases. In the next two decades, the figure will increase to one out of five. (The Times Of India, April 23, 2001)
Thirty million people suffer from Diabetes in India, according to the study conducted jointly by Novo Nordisk Education Foundation and Diabetes Society of India(DESI). (The Times Of India, April 10, 2001)
India has the second-largest HIV-positive population, with adults alone totalling 3 to 5 million. (The Times Of India, March 13, 2001)
About 34 per cent of the world's polio cases are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. India as a whole accounts for 40 per cent of the global total. According to World Health Organization(WHO) statistics for 2000, the number of confirmed polio cases around the globe was 663. Of these, 228 were in Bihar and UP. The rest of India had 36 cases. (The Times Of India, March 11, 2001)
According to World Health Organisation reports, one person dies every 40 seconds in India due to diseases related to tobacco consumption. (The Times Of India, February 19, 2001)
Out of total number of leprosy patients in the world, 90 per cent of them are confined to only 12 countries and India alone accounts for 61.1 per cent of world's recorded cases. (The Times Of India, February 14, 2001)
One million tobacco-related deaths take palce in India per year, out of a total three million deaths worldwide. (The Times Of India, February 7, 2001)
30 per cent children in Delhi station have HIV. (The Times Of India, February 2, 2001)
India's blind population is almost a quarter of the entire world's figure of 40 million. (The Times Of India, October 11, 2000)
"India is home to nearly 300 million neo-literates, which is around one-third of the world's neo-literate population," says Vice-President Krishna Kant.(The Hindustan Times * New Delhi, September 9, 2000)
National Sample Survey of 1983 reports 17.4 million child labourers in India, while a study sponsered by the labour ministry concludes that the child-labour force is 44 million. UNICEF, meanwhile, cites figures ranging from 75-90 million. (Businessworld, 3 July, 2000)
India has over 60 million disabled people, of whom seven million are employable and waiting for jobs, according to the 1991 National Sample Survey. (Businessworld, 12 June, 2000)
40 per cent of Indians live on Rs 10 daily. (The Hindustan Times, February 6, 2000)