But then why are our social sector figures so pathetic:

• If the daily income per head is less than $2, then the family is described as poor and about 80 percent of Indians are poor.
• Around half of Indian children are malnourished. The proportion of underweight children is nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa.
• 41.6% of its population is living below the new international poverty line of $1.25 (PPP) per day
• Only 40% of the population is illiterate and only 15% of the students reach high school
• India ranks 171 out of the 175 countries in the world in public health spending.
• The 2007 report by Transparency International ranks India at 72nd place

When it comes to showing growth figures we compare our self with US, EU, China etc but when it is the question of education, health, poverty we are bunched with sub Sahara contries,Nepal & Pakistan etc. It is a very shameful fact but our policy makes seem to be least effected by it.

The current way of development is only widening the economic inequity amongst the people. And it is because the high growth rate is oriented to benefit only a section of people.