India not likely to meet 2015 targets

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India not likely to meet 2015 targets

Alison Granito, New Delhi

India appears likely to fall short of the 2015 global deadline set by

the United Nations (UN) to halve poverty and hunger, though it will

likely hit other goals on time or early, according to a report released by the

UN and the Asian Development Bank.

The report, detailing progress in the Asia-Pacific region, was unveiled more

than a week before the 17 October midpoint of the target period for the

Millennium Development Goals, which establish benchmarks for everything from

poverty reduction to climate change. Launched in 2000, the campaign gave

developing nations 15 years to halve benchmarks such as poverty and hunger from

the 1990 levels.

In many areas, India significantly lags behind fast developing China and even

developing Vietnam, which have hit more than half the benchmarks early. But, to

be sure, no country in the world is on track to meet every target.

See: Where they stand (PDF)

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