As the large cities in India expand, and become ever more affluent; there is a significant negative effect on the rural population of the sub-continent.
Land value goes up, food prices rise and those living at the lowest levels in society become the victims :
Some facts about India :-
40% of India's population is below the age of 18 years which at 400 million is the world's largest child population.
.Less than half of India's children between the age 6 and 14 go to school.
.Only one-third of all children who enter school in grade one reach grade eight.
.One in every ten children is disabled in India.
.95 in every 1000 children born in India, do not see their fifth birthday.
.70 in every 1000 children born in India, do not see their first birthday.
.Only 38% of India's children below the age of 2 years are immunised.
.74% of India's children below the age of 3 months are anaemic.
.Acute respiratory infections are leading causes of child mortality (30%) followed by diarrhoea (20%) in India.
.Amongst married women in India today, 75% were under age at the time of their marriages.
.23% of India's children are underweight at birth.
.More that 50% of India's children are malnourished
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