India has the largest young population in the world.
40% of child malnutrition in the developing world is in India.
The declining number of girls in the 0-6 age-group is cause for alarm. For every 1,000 boys there are only 927 females -- even less in some places.
Of every 100 children who enrol, 70 drop out by the time they reach the secondary level. Of every 100 children who drop out of school, 66 are girls.
India is home to the highest number of child labourers in the world.
India has the world’s largest number of sexually abused children
Around 2.5 million children die in India every year, accounting for one in five deaths in the world, with girls being 50% more likely to die.
Every year, 12 million girls are born -- 3 million of whom do not survive to see their 15th birthday.
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And how the government is trying to solve them using schemes and policies.
Article 15 “Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth” affirms the right to make special provision for women and children.
Article 24 in The Constitution Of India 1949 - Prohibition of employment of children below 14 years of age.
Article 39 (e) : tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength;
Article 39 (f) requires children to be given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity, and that childhood and youth be protected against exploitation and moral and material abandonment.
Article 45 of the Directive Principles of State Policy provides for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of 14.