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"Every year 60,000 soldiers from the Indian Army retire. Since, most of these jawans retire in their late thirties, it is easier to mould and teach them entrepreneurial skills," says I Create India.

Once known as the biggest boxing legend in India, Kaur Singh at 69 is an all but forgotten man struggling to repay a loan of Rs 2 lakh he borrowed from a private lender to fund his cardiac treatment.

Arjun Kumar Thapa, a 34-year-old Havaldar in the Gorkha Regiment, has become the first Indian to successfully scale Mt. Everest, ascend he South Pole and finish two tours of duty at the Siachen glacier.