As an indication of the slowing down in the economy, China’s GDP growth rate is decreased to 7.4% in 2014. This is the lowest growth rate in the last 24 years of China’s economic history. The growth rate in 2013 was 7.7%.
According to IMF projections, India’s economic growth is expected to cross that of China by 2017. According to IMF India’s economy is expected to grow at the rate 6.5% in 2016-17, while the rate for China will be 6.3%.
According to Unicef, 1 million children under five die, every year, due to malnutrition. The figure is far beyond the emergency threshold for ‘acute malnutrition’ as per WHO classification.
As a result of tiger conservation projects the population of tigers in India is increased by 30 % in last four years. Now, there are more than 2,200 tigers in India. The fact is revealed by the latest census conducted in 2014.
