a cheery chappy

This fine fellow stands guard outside our hotel and is always happy to help.
Staff are very friendly here although the security measures look good at a glance but are for show only.

1.2 billion people, 20% of the population of the globe live here. How to improve infrastructure, prospects, the economy so that more than 250 million can earn a reasonable living?

Who knows? The new Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to be gearing up for progressive change, 6 months after being appointed.
It's a big task-out of 650 Universities , only 20 have complied with recent recommendations for making campuses safer for women students. Mumbai University is " intensifying surveillance after sunset and encouraging women staff to leave campus before 6pm"

My daughter wouldn't think much of that...
Good luck to them, there is a long way to travel...