Morning Briefing

India "has to actively and aggressively address the issue of family planning" in order to improve human development indicators, including health, education and living standards, UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin said Wednesday, Reuters reports. "India, Asia's third-largest economy, is set to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2030," but, "despite its impressive economic growth over the last two decades, it has failed to substantially reduce hunger as well as child and maternal mortality rates," the news service writes, noting that "[a]bout 60 percent of Indian women have no access to family planning services."