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    India is the 12 richest country in the world, according to the World Bank. The country's economy is growing three times faster than the United States. While India has the most billionaires in Asia, many of its poor are getting poorer. 250,000 people marched to Delhi in a protest about poverty.

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    India is the 12 richest country in the world, according to the World Bank. The country's economy is growing three times faster than the United States. While India has the most billionaires in Asia, many of its poor are getting poorer. 250,000 people marched to Delhi in a protest about poverty.

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    ListentoaradioreportaboutIndia. Optionalexercise ListentotheradioreportaboutIndiaandanswerthequestions.(Answersbelow). 1Indiaisthe12 richestcountryintheworld. 2IndiaseconomyisgrowingthreetimesfasterthentheUnitedStates. 3AquarterofIndiaspopulationareverywealthy. 4OverhalfthepeopleinMumbailiveinpoorhousingconditions. 5MostofIndiaspopulationliveinruralareas. 6250,000peoplemarchedtoDelhiinaprotestaboutpoverty. 7Manypoorfarmershavesoldorlosttheirland. 8ThedifferencesbetweenrichandpooraredecreasinginIndia.
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    IntodaysspecialreportwerelookingatIndia,thesecondmostpopulouscountryintheworldandtheworlds th 12 wealthiestin2005,accordingtotheWorldBank.Thecountryseconomyisgrowingveryfast.IntheUSand mostoftheEUaverageGDPgrowthwasaround3%lastyear,comparedto9%growthinIndia.Theeconomy isheadingfor10%growththisyear,butnoteveryoneinIndiaisbenefitingfromthisboom. WhileIndiahasthemostbillionairesinAsia,manyofthecountryspoorareactuallygettingpoorer.Thereare over1billionpeopleinIndiaand25%liveinabjectpoverty.ArecentUNreportpointedoutthattwothirdsof Indiahasnoaccesstosanitation. AcaseinpointisMumbai,Indiasbiggestcitywithapopulationof19million,wherealmost60%ofthecitys populationliveinslums.Andatleastonethirdofthecityspopulationiswithoutaccesstocleandrinkingwater. TheIndiangovernmentwantstomakethecountryslumfreebytheyear2020butitisahugetaskandthere arentenoughresourcestorelocatesomanyslumdwellerswithmorepeoplearrivinginIndiascitiesfromthe countrysideeverydayinsearchofabetterlifeforthemselvesandtheirfamilies. Morethan70%ofIndiaspopulationlivesinthecountrysideandmoreandmorepeoplearemigratingtothe citiestofindworkbecausesubsistencefarmingdoesntprovideenoughtomakealiving.Thereisalackof investmentinhealthcareandeducationforruralcommunitiesandfewemploymentopportunities,whichis havingdisastrousconsequencesformanymillionsofpeople. InOctober2007,25,000landlessworkers,indigenoustribespeopleanduntouchablesfromthebottomof Indiansocietymarched320kmtoDelhitoprotestaboutthegrowingpovertyinwhichtheylive.Whilesomeparts ofIndiansocietyareenjoyingtheeconomicboom,otherpartsaresufferingfrominflation,higherfoodpricesand thelossoftheirlands. Governmentprojectstopromotespecialeconomiczoneshavedisplacedhundredsofthousandsfromtheirland. Manyofthesepeoplewerenotcompensatedorcheatedontheprice. Whileincomesaregoingup,andtensofthousandsofnewjobsarebeingcreated,thegovernmentofIndia cannotseemtogenerationessentialinvestmentinpublicservicessuchashealth,education,sanitation,public safetyandhousing.ManyobserversnowaskwillIndiabeabletosustainitsrapidgrowthdespitethewidening gapbetweenrichandpoor.

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