Standard of living in India varies from state to state. With one of the fastest growing economies in the world, clocked at a growth rate of 7.6% in 2015, India is on its way to becoming a large and globally important consumer economy. According to Deutsche Bank Research, there are between 30 million and 300 million middle-class people in India.[1] If current trends continue, India's share of world GDP will significantly increase from 7.3 in 2016 to 8.5 percent of the world share by 2020.[2] In 2011, less than 22 percent of Indians lived under the global poverty line, nearly a 10 percent reduction from 29.8 percent just two years prior in 2009.[3] According to NCAER, India's middle class population would be 267 million in 2016. Further ahead, by 2025-26 the number of middle class households in India is likely to more than double from the 2015-16 levels to 113.8 million households or 547 million individuals.[4] Another estimate put the Indian middle class as numbering 475 million people by 2030.[5] It is estimated that average real wages will quadruple between 2013 and 2030.[6] The standard of living in India shows large disparity. For example, there is widespread poverty in rural areas of India, where medical care tends to be very basic or unavailable, while cities boast of world class medical establishments. Similarly, the very latest machinery may be used in some construction projects, but many construction workers work without mechanisation in most projects.[7] However, a rural middle class is now emerging in India, with some rural areas seeing increasing prosperity.[8] In 2010, the per capita PPP-adjusted GDP for India was US$3,608 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ms8wqtDu0

Of the children kidnapped or abducted in 2016, 73 percent were female and 27 percent male, NCRB data show. Of the total child victims, 31 percent (16,938) were kidnapped or abducted for the purpose of marriage, of which only one victim was male; 3 percent (1,562 female and 26 male) for illicit intercourse; and 1 percent each for other unlawful activity and adoption. No purpose was mentioned in fully 62 percent of cases. 77 percent attacks attributed to fake news Of the 69 mob violence cases related to rumours of child lifting that have been reported, 77 percent were eventually attributed to fake news spread through social media. Mobile messenger application Whatsapp, in particular, featured as the rumour source in 28 percent or 19 of the cases. The ministry of electronics and information technology on 2 July, 2018, issued a warning to Whatsapp, observing that “instances of the lynching of innocent people because of a large number of irresponsible and explosive messages filled with rumours and provocation are being circulated on WhatsApp”. “Such a platform cannot evade accountability and responsibility especially when good technological inventions are abused by some miscreants who resort to provocative messages which lead to the spread of violence,” the ministry said subsequently in a press release on 3 July, 2018, stating clearly that “WhatsApp must take immediate action to end this menace and ensure that their platform is not used for such malafide activities”. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuHw8smznio