Before revision: India India's cataract-surgical rate rose from just over 700 operations per million people per year in 1981, to 6,000 per million per year in 2011, thus getting increasingly closer to the estimated requirement of 8, 000-8 ,700 operations per million per year needed to eliminate cataract blindness in the country.
After revision: India India's cataract-surgical rate rose from just over 700 operations per million people per year in 1981, to 6,000 per million per year in 2011, thus getting increasingly closer to the estimated requirement of 8, 000–8 ,700 operations per million per year needed to eliminate cataract blindness in the country.