পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/২৪৯

219 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড West Pakistan East Pakistan Population 55 million 75 million Total number of doctors 12,400 7,600 Total number of Hospital beds 26,000 6 Rural Health centers 325 88 Urban Community Development Projects 81 52 East Pakistan has been described as one of the poorest countries in the world. Even the economists, impartial and foreign admitted that How does the average East Pakistani compare with his compatriot in West Pakistan? Employment of civil labor force West Pakistan East Pakistan Rural Urban Rural Urban 59 % 41% 86% 14% In West Pakistan the industrial development provided 4% of the total labor force, employment and better standard of life. In East Pakistan, the poor development in industrial sphere made only 14% of the total employment available in the cities. The result is reflected in the figures for per capita income and gross domestic product. Per Capita income in Pak. Rupees WCՏլ Pakistan East Pakistan 1960 1970 1960 |970 355 492 269 308 The difference in per capita income between East and West Pakistan had been 86 in 1960. Ten years later the difference soared to 184. In other words while the standard of living had been increasing in the West in had been declining in East Pakistan. Gross domestic product per West Pakistan East Pakistan capita 1959/60 1964/65 1959/60/ 1964/65 312 391 242 297 Staple food of East Pakistan is Rice and of West Pakistani is Wheat. Let us compare the market price of the two. Rice per maund (82 lbs) West Pakistan East Pakistan Wheat per maund (82 lbs.) RS 18 RS. 50 RS. 10 RS. 3 How could one expect a better health standard when the East Pakistani has to pay a far higher price for his food when his income is far below that of his compatriot in the West? The picture becomes clearer when we compare the average calories intake in rural areas. Calorie intake in rural areas in West Pakistan East Pakistan 1960-65 per head per day 1,625 |.556