`` Every girl 's life matters , '' Obama says in New Delhi . The president said the United States is committed to helping India develop its economy and improve living standards for all of its people. Sexual assaults became a high-profile problem in India after a 2012 rape on a New Delhi bus .
`` Every girl 's life matters , '' Obama says in New Delhi . `` Every person has the right to practice their faith how they choose , or to practice no faith at all , '' he says . Sexual assaults became a high-profile problem in India after a 2012 rape on a New Delhi bus .