Facts about Poverty

It is unbelievable but true! More than 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. One child dies of hunger-related causes every five seconds, taking a toll on 16,000 poor hungry children each day.

More than 1.4 billion people live at poverty line or below. According to a the World Bank report, there are over 1,345 million poor people in developing countries who live on $1.25 (about Rs 57) a day or less.
The top 1 per cent of the world's richest people earn as much as the poorest 57 per cent.
There are an estimated 350-400 million people living below the poverty line in India, 75 per cent of them in the rural areas. Acording to World Bank estimates, 80 per cent of India's population lives on less than $2 (about Rs 92) a day.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the 41 heavily indebted poor countries (with a population of over 567 million people) is less than the combined wealth of the world's 7 richest people!
In 2005, the wealthiest 20 per cent of the world accounted for 76.6 per cent of total private consumption.
Most of the decrease in hunger levels was in Asia, with 80 million fewer hungry, but progress was also made in sub-Saharan Africa, where 12 million fewer people are going hungry.

However, the number of hungry people is higher in 2010 than before the food and economic crises of 2008 09.
The percentage of Americans struggling below the poverty line in 2009 was the highest in 15 years. Four million additional Americans found themselves in poverty in 2009, with the total reaching 44 million.
Children are the most visible victims of under-nutrition. Children who are poorly nourished suffer up to 160 days of illness each year. Poor nutrition plays a role in at least half of the 10.9 million child deaths each year - five million deaths.
India accounts for 50 per cent of the world's hungry. Over 46 per cent of Indian children are undernourished. Health too is a major challenge - the very survival of India's women and children is threatened.
In 2006, on average 254 women died giving birth to a child for every 100,000 live births down from 327 in 1990. Across India 74 children died before they reached the age of five for every 1,000 live births in 2005-06 as compared to 125 in 1990.
India has been ranked 67, way below neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, in a new Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute. The number of poor in 2015 is likely to be 279 million at all-India level.
China has made considerable progress in fighting poverty and especially hunger. In 2008, it stood at the 15th spot with a hunger rate of 7.1 points.

In 2009, it jumped up to the 5th position with a hunger rate of 5.7, even though it has a huge population. However, this year, it ranked 9th in the index. The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 per cent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 per cent population increase.This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day. The main problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food.

Malnutrition affects 32.5 per cent of children in developing countries. More than 70 per cent of malnourished children live in Asia, 26 per cent in Africa and 4 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean. One in seven Americans was living in poverty in 2009 with a family of four living on less than $21,954 a year, according to the US Census Bureau. The official poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 per cent -- up from 13.2 per cent in 2008. This was the second statistically significant annual increase in the poverty rate since 2004.

Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.

Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less than $1 a day.

Rural areas account for three in every four people living on less than $1 a day and a similar share of the world population suffering from malnutrition.

Around 1.6 billion people, around the world have no access to electricity.

Most of the world's hungry live in the developing countries, accounting for 16 per cent of the poor.

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Didi sweeps out most dailies from public libraries

Mamata do the RIGHT thing in a WRONG way

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee feels some newspapers have become too political. So, the state government has banned several newspapers, including Hindustan Times, in the state-owned and state-funded libraries triggering protests from all sections of civil society.
 Protests have erupted from different corners, even from those intellectuals who support the Trinamool Congress government. Congress, the main ally of the ruling party, has criticised the decision too.
Following a government order dated March 14, 2012 the state directed that only eight selected
newspapers will be purchased by the state-owned and state-funded libraries in West Bengal. All the eight newspapers featuring in government list are vernacular – five Bengali one Hindi and two Urdu newspapers.
 This means, there will be no English newspapers in the 2,060 state-owned and 422 state sponsored public libraries across the state.
 The West Bengal library services minister Abdul Karim Chowdhury met chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the secretariat during the day and held a meeting over the waves of protests. Emerging out of the
meeting he clarified that the circualar will not be withdrawn.
 "In public interest, government will not buy newspapers published or purported to be published by any political party either national or regional as a measure to develop free thinking among the readers," the
circular stated.
The state government's hypocrisy has been exposed.
 

Bhaduri Family History and Origins

Bhaduri family history has a rich and complex origin of which the particulars can be pieced together by Bhaduri family researchers. The Bhaduri family name is an old family line that has migrated all across the world over time, and as the name Bhaduri has migrated, it has evolved making it's origin challenging to uncover. This page is the home for a detailed history of the Bhaduri family name, Bhaduri etymology, and history of people with the Bhaduri name.

Overview of the Bhaduri surname

        Bhaduri spelling variations

In early history when few people could write, names such as Bhaduri were transcribed based on how they sounded when people's names were recorded in court, church, and government records. This could have led to misspellings of Bhaduri. Researching misspellings and spelling variations of the Bhaduri last name are important to understanding the history of the name. Last names like Bhaduri vary in their spelling as they travel across villages, family lines, and countries across time.

        Surnames related to Bhaduri

Related surnames should not be confused with surnames related through marriage. Those kinds of unions are best expressed with a Bhaduri family tree, rather than the list format shown here. Sometimes surnames like Bhaduri can change into distinctly different names when they spread to other countries, cross language barriers, or split into different families because of any of a number of reasons.

        Bhaduri country of origin

The nationality of Bhaduri is often difficult to determine in cases which country boundaries change over time, making the original nationality a mystery. The original ethnicity of Bhaduri may be in dispute based on whether the surname originated naturally and independently in multiple locales; for example, in the case of last names that are based on a craft, which can appear in multiple regions independently (such as the name "Fisher" which was given to fishermen).

History of the Bhaduri surname

        Bhaduri family history & origin    

The background of surnames diverge through the ages and are not necessarily tied to blood relations because not all last names are passed down from parent to child. Actually, names like Bhaduri are taken because of non-hereditary reasons. The Bhaduri family has a rich history which reaches many generations. The early history of Bhaduri extends back to antiquity, making a lot of the details of the surname difficult to trace completely. Discovering the origin of any surname is a fuzzy, but extremely fascinating exploration. As a result, this page needs information from users like you to paint an accurate picture of the origins of this family name. By tackling the history of family names as such, a page like this becomes a living document cultivated by people researching Bhaduri history.

        Meaning of the last name Bhaduri

The meaning of Bhaduri come may come from a trade, such as the name "Fisher" which was given to fishermen. A lot of these trade-based last names might be a profession in some other language. This is why it is useful to research the country of origin of a name, and the languages used by it's family members. Many western names like Bhaduri come from religious texts such as the Bhagavadgītā, the Quran, the Bible, and so on. Often these family names relate to a religious sentiment such as "Favored of God".

        Evolution of the Bhaduri name

The evolution of Bhaduri begins with it's early ancestors, when the name came into existence. Even in the earliest days of a name there are variations in that singlename simply because last names were infrequently written down at that stage in history. As families, tribes, and clans emigrated between countries, the Bhaduri name may have changed with them. Bhaduri family members have migrated around different countries all throughout history. It was common for a family name to change as it enters a new country or language.

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