Discuss the challenges that India faces today. /
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What are the problems that India is facing?
Originally Answered: What are main social problems that India is facing currently?
Corruption is a major menace in India. Recently conducted survey highlights that as many as 75–80% of people have paid bribes in the last 10 years to get their work done.
Child marriages, which also cause of rising population. One reports claims that about 47% of Indian girls get married before the legal age of 18 years .
Unplanned urbanization. More than 17% of urban dwellers live in Slums. Slums are homes to crimes, illegal activities, and epidemics .
Caste-based discrimination is still prevalent in India. It sometimes creates violence and working of democracy difficult. The different castes can easily mobilize in elections.
Women related issues such as female infanticide, gender discrimination, dowry-related deaths, the crime against women are still on rise. The patriarchal attitude is most prevalent in each section of society.
Communalism was the major factor in pre-independence India which led to the creation of Pakistan. Some instances of religion led violence are still prevalent in India.
Poverty is a major obstacle in the development and inclusion of people. As large as 22% of people are under the incidence of poverty and this population is near about the population of USA!