India

Some recent achievements and challenges of India:

·         India has some frequent natural disasters, with such a large population, this means that lots of Indian’s are affected. Although India has a good system for responding to the disasters when they occur.  Cyclones occur in the bay of

Bengal, and they get damaging earthquakes in the central northern area.

·          Deforestation, river and air pollution are major pressures on the environment.

The government has initiated various programs to improve health but India still suffers from health problems linked to poverty, malnutrition, rapid population growth, environmental pollution and neglect of children and women's well being. Life expectancy is about 70 years.

The average income is over three quarters of the population live on less than US $2 a day.

66% of Adults can read and write in India.

45% of mobile phones are available to people in India each year. 

The Government spends $37.6 billion on Education in India per year.