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    Budget 2017-18 disheartening for children
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-02-02) Ganotra, Komal
    Our investment in foundational years of childhood remains the same as it was in 2012-13 last 15 years, budgetary allocation for children remained stagnant in Union Budget 2017-18 with government allocating just 3.32 per cent to children. While the need is for exponential increase, allocation has seen only an incremental increase to Rs 71,305.35 crore for children from Rs 65,758.45 crore in Budget 2016-17.
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    Budget 2018
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2018-01-31) Ganotra, Komal
    Around 20 per cent teachers currently working in government schools are untrained
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    Girls, not brides
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-07-21) Ganotra, Komal
    Lack of education tampers with ability to refuse sex with a partner or to ask him to use a condom Over 13 million adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years–equivalent to the population of South Sudan–were married in India in 2011, according to census data, but fewer literate women were married as children or had children early compared to those who were illiterate
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    A Good Start is Half the Battle Won
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017) Ganotra, Komal
    system falls short of making up for it even in later stages of schooling resulting in a cumulative deficit that is visible in children’s poor academic performance, the ability to complete education and subsequently also their employability. But most importantly it reflects the direction in which we are moving as a society- We must inculcate in our children the values of empathy, respect for diversity
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    More education will lead to fewer child brides, healthier children
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-07-21) Ganotra, Komal
    Over the next seven years, India could save $5 billion (Rs 33,500 crore) in healthcare and related costs if it eliminates child marriage and early childbirth.