Maneka Gandhi also said that among the 12 districts from Haryana chosen for the campaign, the sex ratio varied between 775 to 837.

Apart from the rising number of female foeticide cases in India, more than 200,000 girls under the age of five die each year in the country, finds a Lancet study led by an Indian-origin researcher....

Stunting due to hunger also holds back the prospects of an entire generation.

Across India, as many as 21 dowry-related deaths are reported each day, but the conviction rate is just 34.7 per cent.

In nearly 95% rape cases, accused is known to the victim, reveals NCRB data.  

Underscores growing agrarian crisis

India accounts for one in three of the poor population worldwide. Nearly 800 million people lived on less than USD 1.90 a day in 2013, around 100 million fewer poor people than in 2012.

India News: In 2017, a whopping 1.47 lakh people died in road deaths in India, which is equivalent to the entire pollution of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya

Nearly 163 million people among India's population of 1.3 billion lack access to clean water close to their home.

Pollution causes more than 2 million deaths a year in India, while Chad, Central African Republic and North Korea saw highest per capita rates