I
can’t boggle where to start from and up to what I should stop. Let us encompass
all situations starting from the national politics to regional politics.
So,
as we know or its better to say it as we had known our India as ‘Golden Bird’
in earlier days of our childhood but after seeing the present scenario, it
seems that after few decades, it will just become a matter of golden words.
I
remember an incident when I was in std. 6th or so. The class of
social studies was going on and the teacher prodly said, India is one of the
fastest developing country. I felt no proud in that, instead, I asked him at
that very instant; Sir, when can we expect our India to come in the category of
‘Developed State’? He equivocated, just said, ‘Versy Soon’ and I presumed it. I
grew, my society grew, my relations, boundaries grew along with my doubts. And
among them was the biggest doubt; When will India be called as Developed
Country? I have grown up watching the steady increase in standards, i.e. living
standards of upper class families, price hikes in every field, be it petrol,
gas cylinders or daily vegetables and the ostentation of middle class families
to be in the race of survival of the fittest and the loosening perseverance of the
menians to outcome penury.
On
one side, there are squanders and at the other, there are people with empty
bowls. The outcome of this situation, which will be ensued, is mind boggling. I
won’t point this to any individual as I’m also a part of it, not by involving
but by jst being a mute spectator. But then too, I would like to add some facts
and figure which I recently found somewhere in the newspapers.
I’ll
summarize them as follows:
1. Price of petrol was hiked again by Rs.1.55 to reach at the
level of Rs.76.78 per ltr.
2.
Price of onions reached upto Rs. 40 per kg.
3.
Value of Indian Rupee at its lowest at Rs.61 per dollar.
4.
The new standards of poverty lines are set as Rs.26 per
person per day in rural areas and Rs. 34 per person per day in urban areas.
5.
No. of people belonging to BPL decreased to 4.26 Cr.
6.
Economic Development Rate decreased from 8% to 5% etc.
I
was too much distraught after reading these types of news. As an average Indian
citizen, I don’t know much about FDI policies, MNREGA, SEZ, political and
national issues etc. I only know and have percepted that the price of every
single item is increasing in the market and this hike is much more as compared to
the increase in income of people like us who belong to middle class families.
And the real piece of shit is that all his officials are just sitting by hands
on hands and waiting for the things to be in the place by their own.
They
have set the poverty line limit as Rs.32 per person per day. And one time meal
of good quality costs around Rs.40 with simple ingredients. One piece of apple
costs Rs.50, one glass fruit juice costs Rs.30. If a person is getting Rs.35
per day, he will have to be considered as a rich person, the kind of rich
persons who can’t even manage one time meal for them self. This is a very
devastating situation and who is to be blamed for this? This government along
with their aides who have given these false representations or we ourselves who
are not taking any corrective steps..
