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A schoolgirl walks along Dahanu Road in Kainad, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. The construction of 600,000 kilometers (373,000 miles) of country roads, addition of 327 million rural phone connections and a rise in literacy to record levels since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took office in 2004 has helped double the growth rate of Indias food output. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A schoolgirl walks along Dahanu Road in Kainad, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. The construction of 600,000 kilometers (373,000 miles) of country roads, addition of 327 million rural phone connections and a rise in literacy to record levels since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took office in 2004 has helped double the growth rate of Indias food output. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images