The situation of underprivileged children in Indian Society

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Abhijeet S
 40 percent of India's population is below the age of 14 years.

 About 60 million Indian children under the age of 6 live below the poverty line.

 Every second child in the country is malnourished.

 Almost 2 million children in India die every year before reaching their first birthdays.

 One in 11 dies before his/her fifth birthday.

 7 to 8 lakhs children die every year from easily preventable diseases like diarrhoea.

 Children from 100 million families live without water at home.

 Children from 150 million families live in households without electricity.

 Less than half of India's children between the age 6 and 14 go to school.

 A little over one-third of all children who enroll in grade one reach grade eight.

 One in every ten children is disabled in India.
 
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