Home to 33% of the world’s extreme poor
40% of the country’s residents are younger than 25
56 million Indians were pushed to extreme poverty in 2020 due to Covid-19
Gender Discrimination accounts for over 90% of employment & earning gap between males & females
Only 40% of teens in the country finish high school
47.8% of children not attending school in India are girls
India has over 700 ethnic and indigenous people groups
India is home to over 200 million Dalits (“oppressed”) who face social discrimination
A mere 8.15% of Indians get a college degree
