The number of
people whose income was less than a dollar has decreased from 33.5 per cent in
1990 to 16.4 per cent at present and the population below the national poverty
line has also come down to 23.82 per cent from 38 per cent in 2000. Nepal is moving towards achieving MDG goal of eradicating extreme poverty and
hunger. Similarly, the country's MGD progress report also claimed the reduction
of infant mortality rate from 64 per thousand live births in 2000 to 46 in 2011.
September 10
Republica daily
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