🔆 Vulnerable Sections – Key Data from India 📍 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) ✅ The number of Persons with Disabilities in the country are 2.68 crore, which is 2.21% of the total population of the country. ✅ 19.30% persons with disability (15 years and above) completed at least secondary education ✅ Among persons with disabilities of age 7 years and above, 52.2% are literates ✅ Among PwDs, 62% have care giver, 37.7% don’t require a caregiver, and for 0.3% caregiver was required but not available ✅ Among PwDs (age 15 years and above), Labour Force Participation Rate was 23.8%, Worker Population Ratio was 22.8%, Unemployment Rate was 4.2% 📍 Elderly ✅ There were nearly 138 mn elderly persons in India in 2021 (67 mn males and 71 mn females), an increase of 34 mn from 2011, expected to reach ~ 190 mn in 2031 ✅ The Elderly Dependency Ratio has increased from 10.9% in 1961 to 14.2% in 2011 and further projected to increase to 15.7% in 2021 and 20.1% in 2031 ✅ The sex ratio of the elderly – 1028 in 1951, 938 in 1971 , 1033 in 2011 and projected to increase to 1,060 by 2026. ✅ The literacy rate among elderly females (28%) is less than half of the literacy rate among elderly males (59%) ✅ 40–50% of the elderly are economically vulnerable, and 25% are in the lowest wealth quintile ✅ Only 29% elderly in India have access to social security schemes, such as old-age pensions or provident funds ✅ Only 15% of elderly population are aware of geriatric healthcare options ✅ The elder care economy in India is estimated to be worth around $7 billion 📍 Children ✅ India is a home to almost 19% of the world’s children, more than one-third of the country’s population (around 436 million) is below 18 years as of 2023 ✅ Child Sex ratio in India = 929/1000 ✅ 48% of Indian children aged 0–14 are female ✅ 74% of Indian children aged 0–6 live in rural areas ✅ India is the only large country where more female infants die than male infants, the gender differential in child survival is currently 11 per cent ✅ Working children in India: 10.1 million (3.9% of the total child population) as ‘main workers’ or ‘marginal workers’ ✅ Child Labour decreased in India by 2.6 million from ~ 13.7 million in 2001 to 10.1 million in 2011 ✅ 1 in every 8 children (aged 5–14 years) work for their own household or someone else ✅ On average around 2600 child victims of trafficking were rescued annually from 2018–2022 📍 Transgenders ✅ Total population of transgenders in India is around 4.88 lakh ✅ Literacy rate among transgenders was 56.10% (overall population literacy rate = 74%), Mizoram had the highest transgender literacy rate (87%) while Bihar had the lowest transgender literacy rate (44%). ✅ 92% of transgender population is economically marginalised ✅ Around 48,000 transgender people were registered as voters and were eligible to vote in the LS elections 2024 #data