According to recent studies, 8.4 crore Indians are poor as of 2017 down from 270 million in 2011. India is a developing country but poverty is still a big challenge. Approximately 80 Million people of India are living in extreme poverty.
In this post, Helplocal will share stats of poverty in India and top NGOs working in India to help unprivileged children.
Poverty in India: Stats and Data
- Approximately 17 million children in India work due to poverty.
- 50% of children in India don’t go to school because of poverty.
- India has the highest rate of child marriage in the world. Indian girls get married at an early age and spend their whole life working in home for survival.
- Poor families often sell their children to contractors who promise productive jobs in the cities and the children end up being employed in brothels, hotels and domestic work.
- Major states facing poverty in India are Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.
- According to an analysis, India’s middle class may have shrunk by 30% due to coronavirus, while the number of poor people earning less than 150 per day.
- More than 50% of Indian children are malnourished.
- Millions of children work to help their families in India because the adults do not have proper employment and income.
- In India, less than half of children between the age 5 and 15 go to school.
- 75% of women in India were underage at the time of their wedding.
- More than 50% of girls in the age group of 5 to 10 years are illiterate.
Child labor : Stats and Data 2021
- 152 million children around the world are still in child labor, out of which 73 million are in hazardous work.
- According to a survey by GOI (Government of India), 95% of the children in the age group of 6-13 years are attending educational institutions, the corresponding figures for those in the age group of 14-17 years are 79.6 %.
- According to the census of India 2011, 10.1 million working children are in the age group of 5-14 years, out of whom 8.1 million are in rural areas mainly engaged in cultivation and agricultural labor.
- UNESCO estimates based on the 2011 census, around 38.2 million children are “out of school”, which is 18.3 percent of the total children in the age group of 6-13 years.
A decrease in child labor in India
A piece of good news is that the child labor in India has decreased in the decade 2001-2011 demonstrating the right combination of policy and programmatic intervention making the difference. The policies include as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005, the Right to Education Act 2009, and the Mid-day meal scheme for the unprivileged in government schools.
NGOs helping unprivileged children:
Below are the top NGOs of India working for unprivileged children.
Vastra Aur Zindagiyan, New Delhi
Vastra Aur Zindagiyan was founded by Alice Sharma in 2018 with the goal of making unprivileged children’s lives better. They distribute clothes and food to the needy people to bring a smile on their face. This NGO is working hard to make a change in the society. Support this NGO by financial donation or providing volunteers.
Address: Gali Takhat wali, Chawri Bazaar, Delhi
Contact No: 8447533542
Tara Child Protection & Empowerment, New Delhi
Tara Child Protection & Empowerment was founded by Pascal Fautrat in 2009 with an aim to provide homes to orphans. They are working tirelessly to provide a better life to underprivileged children. Support this NGO by financial donation or by providing volunteers.
Address: South Delhi
Contact No: 9599336684
Sashakt Foundation, Uttar Pradesh
Pratik Kumar established Sashakt Foundation in 2016 to make a change in the lives of unprivileged children. For the past five years, they have been helping unprivileged children of India to make their life better. If you also want to help unprivileged children through this NGO, give donations or join their team as a volunteer.
Address: C-98, C Block, Sector 10, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Contact No: 98106 34666, 99798 93444
Poverty of India
The above post will help you learn about the stats of poverty in India and top NGOs working to get rid of poverty. Help the underprivileged of India by joining NGOs near you as a volunteer or you can also help by donating some funds .
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