'Shame' of India in its 60th year

Last updated at 12:07 15 August 2007


Indian 首相 Manmohan Singh, speaking today on the 60th 周年記念日 of independence from British 支配する, said the country needed to work harder to fight poverty, ignorance and 病気 にもかかわらず 急速な／放蕩な 経済成長.

"India cannot become a nation with islands of high growth and 広大な areas untouched by 開発, where the 利益s of growth accrue only to a few," said Mr Singh from the ramparts of New Delhi's historic Red Fort behind a bulletproof glass 審査する.

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"We have moved 今後 in the many 戦う／戦いs against poverty, ignorance and 病気. But can we say we have won the war?"

India is one of the fastest growing economies, but about 46 per cent of children under three are undernourished, によれば Unicef.

Mr Singh said: "The problem of 栄養不良 is a 国家の shame. I 控訴，上告 to the nation to 解決する and work hard to eradicate 栄養不良 within five years."

狙撃者s were 駅／配置するd on nearby buildings as Mr Singh spoke, on a day 伝統的に 示すd by attacks by 分離主義者s or Maoist 反逆者／反逆するs.

Earlier, the 首相 laid 花冠s at 記念のs 祝う／追悼するing the leader of India's freedom movement Mahatma Gandhi, 同様に as its first 首相 Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter, assassinated former 首相 Indira Gandhi.

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