Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari; Dr. Subhan Quraishi; Dr. Babita Ghodke

Volume : II, Issue : IV, April - 2013

Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complications Among Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Simran Maheshwari, Dr. Subhan Quraishi, Dr. Babita Ghodke

Abstract :

Our country is one of the fastest growing economies with annual growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of over 9 percent in the recent past. In spite of this rapid growth rate 41.8% of the rural population continue to live below poverty line (poverty estimates of the Tendulkar Committee for the year 2004–05). The success of achieving the goal of sustainable development of our country lies in empowering rural India where 69 per cent of its population resides. Realizing the significance of rural development, India has adopted various innovative strategies and approaches for ensuring the basic rights of the rural population. Rural development in India has witnessed tremendous changes over the years. The Government of India has formulated various programmes and schemes focusing towards the rural upliftment. The strategy of rural development has aimed at alleviating poverty, promoting educational access in rural India, ensuring better livelihood, opportunities for rural poor, making provision for basic amenities and providing suitable infrastructure facilities through innovative wage and self employment programmes. The National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is, perhaps, the largest poverty reduction programme for women, in the world aiming to reach nearly 70 million rural hoseholds. The World Bank will fund the programme with US$ 1 billion through its National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP) a largest single investment in a poverty reduction program.