40 % of the population of India is under 18 - This is the worlds largest population of children
Less than 50% of these children go to school
95 out of every 1000 children born in India do not live to see their fifth birthday
58% of children under the age of two years are incompletely immunised
23 % of babies born are underweight at birth - and more than 50% of India's children are malnourished
Amongst married women in India today 75% were under age at the time they got married
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