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  Poor, urban children of India

  India | July 27, 2015 11:23 IST

  Child labour in India's urban areas increased 53% over the decade between 2001 and 2011. In the age group five-to-nine years, the number of girls put to work increased 240%, boys 154%.Urban India has 0.2

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  Shut out: India's poor, urban children

  India | July 25, 2015 11:18 IST

  A child from a poor, urban family is 40% more likely to die than a richer child in India's towns and cities.Children below 10 in urban areas—especially girls—are 20% more likely to be sick than

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  Rural India healthier than urban India

  India | July 19, 2015 20:16 IST

  • As much as 86% of the rural population and 82% of the urban population is without health-expenditure support.• The average medical expenditure for treating one ailment without being admitted to hospital was Rs 509

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  Rural India healthier than urban India

  India | July 17, 2015 13:03 IST

  As much as 86% of the rural population and 82% of the urban population is without health-expenditure support. The average medical expenditure for treating one ailment without being admitted to hospital was Rs 509 in rural

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  Sanitation is first challenge for urban India: President Mukherjee

  India | October 10, 2014 7:43 IST

  Hyderabad: Emphasising that sanitation remain the first challenge for urban administration, President Pranab Mukherjee said clean environment is the ‘right of every citizen' and it should be treated as a ‘non-negotiable requirement'.Speaking at the valedictory