The reasoning: adolescents in India
≈ 25 crore adolescents (10–19 years; ≈ 1/5 of the population). Key issues: anaemia (NFHS‑5: ≈ 59% of girls and ≈ 31% of boys aged 15–19), undernutrition and emerging overweight, child marriage (NFHS‑5: ≈ 23% of women aged 20–24 married before 18), adolescent pregnancy (≈ 7% of 15–19‑year‑olds had begun childbearing), mental health problems and suicide, substance use, road injuries, violence, and limited SRH knowledge and access.