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Top 10 Social Evil Issues in India that must beStopped

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India has the most diverse religion and has a very rich culture. There are many beliefs and ritualsthat people are following from a very long period of time. There are many rituals in India thathave transformed into social evils. These social evils have made the progress of India go down.People are not judged on the basis of their quality but on the basis of caste, creed or gender.India is developing at a very fast rate but these social evils have hindered the growth of thisnation. Some of the most prevalent social evils in India that must be removed are listed below.

10. Gender Inequality

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In India men are considered far superior than women in every field. From a very long period oftime women are thought to be the ones who have to work at home and take care of the family.Men are supposed to protect and earn the livelihood for the family. Though this mentality haschanged in the past few years but still it is practiced in many parts of the countries. Women arestill not allowed to go out of the house alone. There are many religions in India which forcewomen to cover their faces and their heads while going out. They are still treated to be lower thanmen. Gender discrimination has given rise to many other types of discrimination and other evilstoo like harassment and wage discrimination. Women are not paid equal salaries for the samework as the men does. It is still not considered important to educate the girl child in many parts ofthe country.

9. Dowry

Dowry system is the most deep seated problem in the Indian society. Due to dowry system inIndian society many other social evils have taken birth. Girl children are neglected, sex- selectiveabortion is also the main result of dowry system. Parents dont spend money to teach their girlchild as they think they have to pay this money in the future when their daughter will get married.Though many people have opposed this system but yet it has spread its roots deep down in theIndian society. Even in the Rig Veda it is mentioned that the brides family have to offer the dowryto the boys family.

8. Cast discrimination

Cast division is one of the social evils that is only found in India unlike the gender division. Everysociety in India is divided into many groups according to the family they are born in. members ofthe same cast have to do the same occupation, marry in the same caste and many of the lowercaste were not allowed to eat with people who belongs to the upper classes. People of the lower

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caste are termed as untouchables and were not allowed to even touch the people from highercaste. Though there are many rules and laws made in India to eradicate the caste system but theyare not very successful. With urbanization and modernization the caste system has changed a lotin some years in India. Caste hierarchy is all broken down and now it does not matter to peoplewho they are walking beside and who they are eating with. Still in rural areas it is prevalent andmeasures are to be taken to completely eliminate this issue from the Indian society.

7. Female infanticide

Female infanticide is the most shameful social evil prevalent in India. Girl child is considered to bea burden on the family and hence people get sex selective abortions done. There are thousandsof cases registered in India about female infanticide. Infanticide means to kill the childintentionally. Though female infanticide is not legal in India but still in many rural parts of thecountry it is practiced. This social evil is the most gruesome one. Mothers are forced by the familyto abort their girl child. It is the most brutal crime. Over 1000 boys there are only 914 girls in India.Either the child is killed in the womb or is killed after the birth by giving her poisonous substanceor burying her alive. Female infanticide has existed in India since 1789. During those years femaleinfanticide was practiced more in the Kutch region in India.

6. Child labor and child exploitation

This is the worst social evil in India. Children are exploited and are made to work in dangerousplaces like cracker factories. They are not treated properly. At the age where they are supposed toplay and go to school they are made to work in factories and in shops. Since their parents are notrich enough to fulfil the basic needs of the family or they dont want to work so they force theirchild to work in small shops and factories. Like other social evils there are rules and laws made tostop the child exploitation but nothing has been ever properly implemented in India and henceyou can still see teenagers and children working in the shops and factories.

5. Prostitution

Prostitution is the sexual service people give in return of money. Many women are forced sexualslavery and many of them work as prostitute to earn their living. Women and girls are made assexual slaves from a very long period of time in India. There are around three million girls and

women working in this profession. That a huge number!!!! Not only is this child prostitution themajor social evil in India. Children are forced to be sex labors and there are more than 1.2 millionchildren working in this profession. Child prostitution is the major concern in India.

4. Sati

The practice of sati was considered to be religious in the history of India. Wives used to burnthemselves alive on the corpse of their husband. Sati means the burning of the Hindu widow inIndia. Hough this practice used to be voluntarily done but in many cases the women were forcedo burn on the pyre of their husband. Sati was a Hindu Goddess who burnt herself alive for hishusbands respect. Though sati is considered to be Hindu tradition but it is also practiced in manyother communities in India. This practiced is considered to be an illegal practice in India and hasreduced to a very great extent in India. There are still very few cases still registered in India wherea women burnt herself on his dead husbands corpse.

3. Drug abuse

Drug abuse is also a very major problem in India that not only affects many of the peopleaddicted to it but also their near and dear ones. There are more than 7.5 million drug users inIndia. This number is increasing at an alarming rate. Drug addicts are mainly found in the urbanareas. People who are more influenced by the drugs are street workers and transportationworkers. There are many social awareness programs started in India to reduce the number ofdrug users in India but all in vain. Due to the modern lifestyle people are getting more used todrugs and alcohols.

2. Domestic violence

Domestic violence Is an endemic predominantly against woman.. Around 70 percent women ofindia are victims to domestic violence. In almost every house woman are tortured for dowry byher in-laws. In every city of India girls are harassed and tortured in every street they walk. In every29 minutes a case of cruelty is filed. Today girls are afraid of coming out from their houses, theyare afraid of walking alone in the streets There are several acts and laws are passed bt no seriousaction is taken against this dispute.

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1. Poverty

It is the state where one lacks a certain amount of material or money. It refers to the absolutedeprivation of basic human needs which commonly includes food, water, shelter, money etc.poverty is a very common problem in India. Most of the Indian population is deprived of the basicneeds of life. Poverty has given rise to many other evils in India. Unemployment and theincreasing population is the main cause of poverty in India. People commit many kinds of rimeslike robbery and murders because they are not able to get the basic amenities of life. There aremany measured taken by the Indian government to reduce poverty in India. Awareness programsare starts. Subsidies are provided to poor people. Many other measures are also taken.

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