Original sentence: However, India's overall prognosis is now much improved: with its high rates of growth, its standard of living is expected to rise sharply in the 21st century.India also ranks 127th in the United Nations 2005 human development index and, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization, has the largest number of undernourished people of any country in the world, which, at 212 million, is a full one-fifth of the population.It ranks 122nd in per capita income among the nations of the world, with 79.9% of its population living on less than $2 a day.On the one hand, it is now the fourth largest economy (PPP) in the world and the second fastest growing economy,having made rapid economic progress in the last ten years, especially in the field of information technology.On the other hand, despite these gains, India battles endemic poverty and uneven development
Edited sentence: And with its high rates of growth, its standard of living is expected to rise sharply in the 21st century.It is now the fourth largest economy (PPP) in the world and the second fastest growing economy,having made rapid economic progress in the last ten years, especially in the field of information technology