1. With an estimated 1.03 billion citizens, of whom 260 million live in poverty, India is home to the majority of poor people in Southern Asia [1] 2. India has the largest number of working children in the world, with nearly a third of children below 16 working [2] 3. In the coming decade, an additional 8 million young people will enter India’s labour force every year in search of employment [3] 4. Additionally, the lack of training programmes for women has become a factor contributing to women's continued disadvantage [4,5] |