There are 472 million children in India under the age of 18 years. This constitutes 39% of the total population in the country (Census 2011) Education: 1 in 4 children of school-going age is out of school in our country – 99 million children in total have dropped out of school (Census 2011) Out of every 100 children, only 32 children finish their school education age-appropriately (District Information System for Education (DISE) 2014-15) Only 2% of the schools offer complete school education from Class 1 to Class 12 (District Information System for Education (DISE) 2014-15) Child Abuse and Exploitation: There are 10.13 million child labourers between 5-14 years in India (Census 2011) India has 33 million working children between the ages of 5-18 years. In parts of the country, more than half the child population is engaged in labour (Census 2011) Every day, around 150 children go missing in India – kidnapping and abduction is the largest crime ...