Why does India need "saving"?
Is there anything wrong?
The following quantitative indicators speak for themselves
- Human Development Index
- India's factsheet
- India is ranked 126, with a score of 0.611
- Life expectancy at birth, 63.6 years, rank 121
- Adult literacy rate 61%, rank 107
- Per capita GDP, rank 114
- Democracy Index
- India is a flawed democracy, rank 35, score 7.68.
- India's political culture, score 5.63.
- India's political participation, score 5.56.
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Corruption is defined as "the abuse of public office for private gain"
- India's score 3.3/10.0, rank 70/163, lower numerical value is better
- Bribe Payers Index
- How willing a nation appears to comply with demands for corrupt practices
- India is ranked 30th out of 30 countries surveyed.
- State of children in India, source Vibha
- Street children: 18 million
- Child laborers: 22 million
- 20% of children aged 6-14 years old have no access to primary education
- Less than 45% receive immunization required to protect them from deadly illnesses
- Half the children do not get enough food everyday and are chronically or acutely undernourished
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