Poverty in India

I visited the website for the Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre. I chose to read about India and their issue with poverty. I was overwhelmed with the amount of poverty this country faces. India has 1.03 billion people, this is the 2nd largest population in the world, second to only China. There are an estimated 260.2 million people that live in poverty. "Rural poverty is strongly associated with lack of access to assets, skills, and low levels of health and education"(Childhood Poverty Research).
*Some main problems that affect poverty are:
   1. Growing population
   2. Industrialization
   3. Globalizing economy
*There is also a growing rate of non-communicable diseases and a rise of HIV/aids.
*An estimated 400 million living in poverty are between the ages of 0-18.
*Almost 1/2 of children under 5 are malnourished
*34% of newborns are significantly underweight

They have been making improvements through government programs, the infant mortality rate has decreased from 80 per 1000 live births to 69 in 2000. Enrollment in primary school rose from 68% to 82%. They still have a large number of children working. 1/3 of their children work and are under the age of 16.
I was not aware of the issues of poverty in India, nor did I know how extreme it was, this website gave new information and made more aware of poverty and the world.

Reference:

Childhood Povety Research and Policy Centre, Retrieved from http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/