Reasonable estimate of Indian suicide rate from these data: 40 per 100,000 (lower limit: 10 per 100,000 Indian Police Statistics [58]); upper limit 80 per 100,000 Tamil Nadu [64] [65] [66] [67].
According to UNICEF's latest estimates, 43percentt of Indian women aged 20-24 were first married prior to the age of 18.
An estimated 70percentt of Indian citizens are still not part of the banking system, while bureaucracy and inefficiencies are countering the benefits from faster growing parts of the economy, say political leaders and economists.
In newspaper marriage ads, prospective grooms and brides often mention their qualifications before their age, looks or caste.By one estimate, 40% of Indian students now make some use of private education—either private school or topping-up by tutors.
An estimated 46 per cent of Indian women are married before they turn 18, while in rural areas the proportion is closer to 55 per cent.
An estimated 28percentt of Indians still live below the poverty line.
The Mohan report, for example, estimated that 15% of Indian railway passengers, many of them railway workers, were enjoying discounted fares.
The customer base is potentially huge: surveys by Forbes India in conjunction with Out Now Consulting, a marketing firm, estimate that 4 percent of Indian adults, or about 30 million people, identify themselves as gay, bisexual or transgender.
Nehal was among an estimated 15 people of Indian origin living in Kenya who were killed in the attack.
With the help of DLR-ESAR multi-frequency data, Nizalapur et al. (2010) estimated the AGB of Indian tropical forests in Gujarat, India.
