Indian schoolchildren to have lighter bags

Indian schoolchildren to have lighter bags

Indian elementary school students with heavy schoolbags jammed with textbooks and writing sets are on their way home in Mumbai, Maharashtra state, in a photo taken on Sept. 30, 2014. The state government has decided to cut the maximum weight of schoolbags to 10 percent of their body weight to lighten their physical burden. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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