Source: BBC News
India has made impressive economic progress but there are “serious disparities between rich and poor”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.
“There are many people who don’t have [access to basic services,” he told reporters in Delhi on the second day of a three-day visit to India.
Mr Ban met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday to discuss regional and security-related issues.
He also praised India’s leadership role in the UN Security Council.
Ban Ki-moon commended India’s progress in public health and noted that the country had not recorded any cases of polio in more than a year.
But he emphasised the need to improve the condition of women and children.