India to Fail UN Goals for Poverty, Infant Mortality

Bangalore: India seems skeptical at achieving the UN Goals for hunger, poverty and infant mortality by 2015. The vital UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is a set of 8 international development goals, officially formed after the Millennium Summit of the UN in 2000. It was agreed by the 193 UN member states and over 23 international organizations to accomplish the goals by 2015. Out the eight MDGs the fourth goal is to reduce child mortality rate. Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger is the first goal on the UN list.

Hunger and Poverty
Hunger and poverty is the primary concern on the goal list, which needs to be eradicated to set equality and better life status in the world. The definition adopted by UN Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the report on Human Rights and extreme poverty was defined by Joseph Wresinski, who is the founder of International Movement ATD Fourth World. Joseph Wresinski defined poverty as the absence of one or more aspects enabling individuals and families to take basic responsibilities and to cherish fundamental rights. The condition may widespread and become more serious and project permanent consequences.
The economists and activists believe epidemic diseases such as malaria, AIDS, tuberculosis are also essential factors in and results of extreme poverty.

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