- An estimated 10 crore Indian children work; 20 lakh of them in hazardous environments like mines and factories
- Less than half of India’s 43 crore kids go to school, despite statutory guarantees for free education
- India has some 3-5 lakh child prostitutes but no separate law to deal with child sexual abuse
- Over 44,000 kids go missing in India every year, out of which some 11,000 remain untraced. Most of them end up in brothels.
- There are no effective laws dealing with abuse of male children in India. This has led to a rise in paedophile tourism.
- In conflict areas like J&K and Manipur, children are used as spies and messengers by the army and insurgent groups.