GS - Current Affairs - Opinion - Question - 9th March 2014 Write Short notes on the following (50 Words). a) Millennium Development Goals b) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation c) UNESCO d) McKinsey Global Institute e) Professor Amartya Sen 1)An eagerness to privatize most of the essential services will make the poor even more vulnerable. Discuss. 2)The overall atmosphere of insecurity among women in the country indicates that gender parity in many walks of life is still far off. Critically evaluate. 3)In some States such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala the human development indices are on a par with many European nations, many States have a score below the poorest sub-Saharan countries. Discuss. 4)India is on track to attaining the targets of universal primary education and developing a global partnership for development. However, the results are either mixed or poor in terms of achieving other MDGs.Explain. 5)India is progressing towards halving, between 1990 and 2015, the percentage of population below the national poverty line. Is it a statistical mirage produced by tampering with the definition of poverty and the way poverty is measured? 6)The McKinsey Global Institute has estimated that 680 million Indians, or 56 per cent of the population, lack the means to meet their essential needs. This works out to nearly 1.5 times the government’s official poverty figures. Discuss. 7)The Annual Status of Education Reports (ASERs) and a recent UNESCO study indicate that India is a poor performer in imparting quality education to children. Critically Analyze. 8)Do you think that our India has performed well in achieving the target of integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reversing the loss of environmental resources? 9)To reduce the country’s fiscal deficit at any cost, the government is increasingly cutting down budgetary allocations to health care and poverty alleviation. Critically Analyze. Reference. successiasacademy/latest_news.php?id=68
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