A third of the world's child brides are in India with about half of Indian women having married before they turned 18 said United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Adolescents (10-19 years) form 21 percent of India's population of which adolescent girls constitute 48 percent (115 million). Despite improvements in several key development indicators there are still issues which limit adolescents especially girls from achieving their full potential said a press release issued by the UNFPA. Around 14 per cent of girls aged 15-19 years are illiterate and 73 percent never get to complete more than 10 years of school UNFPA
