Urban India
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Poor, urban children of India
India | Jul 27, 2015, 11:23 AM ISTChild 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 | Jul 25, 2015, 11:18 AM ISTA 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 | Jul 19, 2015, 08:16 PM 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 | Jul 17, 2015, 01:03 PM ISTAs 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 | Oct 10, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTHyderabad: 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