With two million children under the age of five dying every year, India has a dismal record in child mortality. Now, a new study conducted by Save the Children, which compares child mortality in a country to its national income per person, shows that India lags behind poorer neighbours like Bangladesh and Nepal when it comes to cutting child deaths. This, even despite its impressive rate of economic growth as compared to the other South Asian nations. A new Wealth and Survival Index, which is part of the study, has ranked 41 countries according to how well they are using the resources they have to boost child survival rates. Bangladesh and Nepal have emerged as the top 10 performers, recording fewer child deaths than their national income would suggest while India stands at a low No 16 on the index. The report states that while the link between poverty and child mortality is very strong, countries could use existing resources to improve survival prospects of children. The contrast between Bangladesh and India is a case in point. While India's GNI per capital has increased by a staggering 82% from $450 in 2000 to $280 in 2006, its child mortality rate declined from 94 per 1,000 births to 76 per 1,000. Over the same period, Bangladesh saw a much smaller 23% increase in GNI per capital