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An Indian woman prepares food outside her makeshift dwelling on a pavement in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. India has released new socio-economic and caste census data on Friday that covers the period between 2011 and 2013 to show the wealth, living conditions and other details of the country's 1.2 billion people. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)

An Indian woman prepares food outside her makeshift dwelling on a pavement in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. India has released new socio-economic and caste census data on Friday that covers the period between 2011 and 2013 to show the wealth, living conditions and other details of the country's 1.2 billion people. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)




An elderly Indian woman sits by the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The Yamuna is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially around Delhi, due to rapid growth, urbanisation and waste dumping. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

An elderly Indian woman sits by the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The Yamuna is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially around Delhi, due to rapid growth, urbanisation and waste dumping. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




An Indian paramilitary solider stands guard as Kashmiri Muslim women wait for a bus in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The wide-ranging powers granted to Indian soldiers in Kashmir have fuelled a cycle of impunity for human rights violations in the troubled Himalayan region, Amnesty International said Wednesday. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

An Indian paramilitary solider stands guard as Kashmiri Muslim women wait for a bus in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The wide-ranging powers granted to Indian soldiers in Kashmir have fuelled a cycle of impunity for human rights violations in the troubled Himalayan region, Amnesty International said Wednesday. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)




A Kashmiri boy jumps into a stream as boys cool off on a hot afternoon near Wangath, Some 48 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

A Kashmiri boy jumps into a stream as boys cool off on a hot afternoon near Wangath, Some 48 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)




A Kashmiri boy jumps into a stream as boys cool off on a hot afternoon near Wangath, Some 48 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

A Kashmiri boy jumps into a stream as boys cool off on a hot afternoon near Wangath, Some 48 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)




An Indian mahout uses an elephant to transport leaves along a street  in Amritsar on June 30, 2015. The country is home to around 25,000 Asian elephants but their numbers are dwindling mainly due to poaching and the destruction of their habitats by human populations. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)

An Indian mahout uses an elephant to transport leaves along a street in Amritsar on June 30, 2015. The country is home to around 25,000 Asian elephants but their numbers are dwindling mainly due to poaching and the destruction of their habitats by human populations. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)




An Indian man washes utensils of a roadside food vendor in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The millions of food vendors peddling tasty morsels from roadside stalls and rickshaws across India have no training on the basics of food safety and hygiene, and many an adventurous snacker have been struck down by the infamous “Delhi belly”. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

An Indian man washes utensils of a roadside food vendor in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The millions of food vendors peddling tasty morsels from roadside stalls and rickshaws across India have no training on the basics of food safety and hygiene, and many an adventurous snacker have been struck down by the infamous “Delhi belly”. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




People get drenched in a wave hitting the shore during high tide at the Arabian sea promenade in Mumbai, India, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)

People get drenched in a wave hitting the shore during high tide at the Arabian sea promenade in Mumbai, India, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)




Hindu holy men line up to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine Amarnath, in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. More than half a million devotees make the annual pilgrimage to the shrine, an icy stalagmite in a mountain cave 4,115 meters (13,500 feet) above sea level. It is accessible only for about five weeks in high summer. Pilgrims make the trek on foot or on horseback, or are carried up the steep path by porters. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

Hindu holy men line up to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine Amarnath, in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. More than half a million devotees make the annual pilgrimage to the shrine, an icy stalagmite in a mountain cave 4,115 meters (13,500 feet) above sea level. It is accessible only for about five weeks in high summer. Pilgrims make the trek on foot or on horseback, or are carried up the steep path by porters. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)




A Hindu holy man waiting to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine Amarnath, lights incense sticks as he worships a “shivling” representing Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration, in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

A Hindu holy man waiting to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine Amarnath, lights incense sticks as he worships a “shivling” representing Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration, in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)




In this June 16, 2015 file photo, a horse gets his morning bath from groom Shakeel at a stable in Mumbai, India. A court order calling Mumbai's iconic horse-drawn carriages superfluous “joyrides” and a form of animal cruelty will ban them in India's financial capital starting June 2016. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)

In this June 16, 2015 file photo, a horse gets his morning bath from groom Shakeel at a stable in Mumbai, India. A court order calling Mumbai's iconic horse-drawn carriages superfluous “joyrides” and a form of animal cruelty will ban them in India's financial capital starting June 2016. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)




Indian villagers plant onion seeds on a field in Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. About 60 percent of India's population works in the agriculture sector. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo)

Indian villagers plant onion seeds on a field in Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. About 60 percent of India's population works in the agriculture sector. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo)




Indian Muslims breaks their fast in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, June 29, 2015. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)

Indian Muslims breaks their fast in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, June 29, 2015. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)




Indian Muslims prepare for prayers as others listen to the Friday sermon before prayers, in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. Muslims throughout the world are marking the holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

Indian Muslims prepare for prayers as others listen to the Friday sermon before prayers, in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. Muslims throughout the world are marking the holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)




Indian Muslims offer prayers during Ramadan as new under construction houses are seen in the background in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

Indian Muslims offer prayers during Ramadan as new under construction houses are seen in the background in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)




An Indian Muslim man prays as others leave after offering Ramadan prayers in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

An Indian Muslim man prays as others leave after offering Ramadan prayers in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)




A woman walks through an alley as used pairs of jeans are hung to dry before they are sold in a second-hand clothes market in Kolkata, India, June 29, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A woman walks through an alley as used pairs of jeans are hung to dry before they are sold in a second-hand clothes market in Kolkata, India, June 29, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)




A Muslim man takes a nap after offering prayers inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Ahmedabad, India, June 30, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A Muslim man takes a nap after offering prayers inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Ahmedabad, India, June 30, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




A labourer pushes a handcart loaded with sacks containing tea packets, towards a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, June 26, 2015. For years Indian businesses have lobbied for a nationwide sales tax, hoping to replace a chaotic structure that inflates costs and halts their trucks at state borders for duty payments, and to unify the country into one of the world's largest single markets. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A labourer pushes a handcart loaded with sacks containing tea packets, towards a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, June 26, 2015. For years Indian businesses have lobbied for a nationwide sales tax, hoping to replace a chaotic structure that inflates costs and halts their trucks at state borders for duty payments, and to unify the country into one of the world's largest single markets. But after political compromises that finally got a goods and services tax (GST) bill before parliament, they have turned wary. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)




Labourers load mustard oil containers onto a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, June 26, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Labourers load mustard oil containers onto a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, June 26, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)




A shopkeeper extends his hand as he arranges newspapers for sale at his shop during early morning in the old quarters of Delhi, India, July 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

A shopkeeper extends his hand as he arranges newspapers for sale at his shop during early morning in the old quarters of Delhi, India, July 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




A man sleeps on a handcart as a stray dog rests along the roadside during early morning in the old quarters of Delhi, India, July 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

A man sleeps on a handcart as a stray dog rests along the roadside during early morning in the old quarters of Delhi, India, July 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




An artisan works on an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, at a workshop in Mumbai, India, July 2, 2015. Idols of Ganesh are made two to three months before Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular religious festival in India. During the festival the idols will be taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, and to be immersed in a river or the sea in accordance with the Hindu faith. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

An artisan works on an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, at a workshop in Mumbai, India, July 2, 2015. Idols of Ganesh are made two to three months before Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular religious festival in India. During the festival the idols will be taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, and to be immersed in a river or the sea in accordance with the Hindu faith. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Workers carry a damaged photovoltaic panel inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, July 2, 2015. India's $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade will be driven by foreign players as uncompetitive local manufacturers fall by the wayside, no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Workers carry a damaged photovoltaic panel inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, July 2, 2015. India's $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade will be driven by foreign players as uncompetitive local manufacturers fall by the wayside, no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier patrols as trucks wait to cross the India-Bangladesh check-post in West Bengal, India, June 20, 2015. Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government this year – stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier patrols as trucks wait to cross the India-Bangladesh check-post in West Bengal, India, June 20, 2015. Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government this year – stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)




A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man, wearing a traditional tikka or a red mark on his forehead, waits to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, in Jammu, July 4, 2015. Thousands of Hindus trek annually to the holy cave of Amarnath, where they worship an ice formation that Hindus believe to be the symbol of Lord Shiva. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man, wearing a traditional tikka or a red mark on his forehead, waits to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, in Jammu, July 4, 2015. Thousands of Hindus trek annually to the holy cave of Amarnath, where they worship an ice formation that Hindus believe to be the symbol of Lord Shiva. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)




A Hindu devotee takes a dip in the polluted water of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee takes a dip in the polluted water of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)




People play on a beach along the Arabian Sea on a hot summer day in Mumbai, India, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

People play on a beach along the Arabian Sea on a hot summer day in Mumbai, India, July 5, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




People are drenched when a large wave crashes during high tide at a sea front in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

People are drenched when a large wave crashes during high tide at a sea front in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Muslims eat their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan inside a shrine in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Muslims eat their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan inside a shrine in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Children wait for customers inside a shop at a slum in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Children wait for customers inside a shop at a slum in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




A farmer cultivating ginger uses a hoe to dig a ditch in his field in Nagarally village in the southern state of Karnataka, India, July 7, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)

A farmer cultivating ginger uses a hoe to dig a ditch in his field in Nagarally village in the southern state of Karnataka, India, July 7, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)




An Indian man walks with a horse past a puddle in the northern hill town of Shimla on July 7, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo)

An Indian man walks with a horse past a puddle in the northern hill town of Shimla on July 7, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo)




An Indian boy performs a tight rope walk for the entertainment of speactators and to earn livelihood in Bhopal, India, 05 July 2015. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)

An Indian boy performs a tight rope walk for the entertainment of speactators and to earn livelihood in Bhopal, India, 05 July 2015. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)




An Indian rickshaw driver urinates on the banks of the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Toilets are taken for granted in the industrialized West, but still are a luxury for a third of the world's people who have no access to them, according to a report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF released Tuesday. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

An Indian rickshaw driver urinates on the banks of the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Toilets are taken for granted in the industrialized West, but still are a luxury for a third of the world's people who have no access to them, according to a report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF released Tuesday. India is by far the worst culprit, with more than 640 million people defecating in the open, and not necessarily due to a lack of facilities. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




Kashmiri village women walk carrying vessels filled with drinking water in Wangath, Some 48 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Most of the villagers living around Wangath have to walk long distance to fetch drinking water. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

Kashmiri village women walk carrying vessels filled with drinking water in Wangath, Some 48 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Most of the villagers living around Wangath have to walk long distance to fetch drinking water. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)




An Indian man pedals a cycle as a boy pushes it through a flooded street during a monsoon shower in Jammu, India, Monday, June 29, 2015. Heavy rains lashed the city bringing much needed relief from the scorching heat wave. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

An Indian man pedals a cycle as a boy pushes it through a flooded street during a monsoon shower in Jammu, India, Monday, June 29, 2015. Heavy rains lashed the city bringing much needed relief from the scorching heat wave. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)




An Indian girl holds a can filled with water and waits for a train to pass as she walks to defecate in the open in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Toilets are taken for granted in the industrialized West, but still are a luxury for a third of the world's people who have no access to them, according to a report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF released Tuesday. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)

An Indian girl holds a can filled with water and waits for a train to pass as she walks to defecate in the open in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Toilets are taken for granted in the industrialized West, but still are a luxury for a third of the world's people who have no access to them, according to a report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF released Tuesday. India is by far the worst culprit, with more than 640 million people defecating in the open, and not necessarily due to a lack of facilities. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)




Indian street vendors wait for customers outside the Jama Masjid mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, in New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)

Indian street vendors wait for customers outside the Jama Masjid mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, in New Delhi, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)




An Indian girl bathes beside a woman brushing her teeth at a shanty area in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. There is no direct supply of potable water at homes in most of the poor neighborhoods in the country and people have to depend on regulated supply of water from public taps erected on roadsides, with a single tap catering to hundreds of households. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

An Indian girl bathes beside a woman brushing her teeth at a shanty area in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. There is no direct supply of potable water at homes in most of the poor neighborhoods in the country and people have to depend on regulated supply of water from public taps erected on roadsides, with a single tap catering to hundreds of households. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




An Indian women offers early-morning prayers or a “puja” at a ghat early in the morning on the banks of the Betawa River in Orchha in the state of Madhya Pradesh on July 5, 2015. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/AFP Photo)

An Indian women offers early-morning prayers or a “puja” at a ghat early in the morning on the banks of the Betawa River in Orchha in the state of Madhya Pradesh on July 5, 2015. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/AFP Photo)
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