Mumbai: Less than 4% of the country's budget is spent on 41% of its population under the age of 18. With the Union Budget around the corner, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi hopes that's something the government will soon rectify. While the ministry of woman and child development had its budgets slashed last year, Satyarthi says he will be upset if the government does not allocate enough funds for its youth and children this time round.
The power of India's youth is an idea that Satyarthi is well-acquainted with, having battled child labour and slavery for much of his life, a battle for which Satyarthi, his family and his colleagues have faced frequent attacks.

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