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22 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 21 Jun \ on: India economic inequality to persist despite roaring GDP growth econ
What do you see as the prospects for the 800M Indians still on government food support? Is it simply an educational/skills based gap or is India still lacking some of the necessary infrastructure to connect these people to areas of opportunities.
The truth may surprise you. Government started this food support scheme when COVID was in its full swing. At that time it was actually needed but government did not stop years after only to make it count for their political benefits.
Can you believe on this that 833 million people out of 130 million are surviving on government provided food in an economy that's sitting 5th in the world.
Government is providing free 🆓 amenities and people are happy to recieve. It's not that everyone requires it. I've seen many people getting free grains from government ration providers and then selling it to private shops because they believe that the quality of government provided wheat and rice isn't good enough.
My village has more than 100 houses and from every family there are members who are living in a city or a nearby town for jobs or business. No family in my village actually needs the support of government ration but everyone gets it monthly.
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"My village has more than 100 houses and from every family there are members who are living in a city or a nearby town for jobs or business. No family in my village actually needs the support of government ration but everyone gets it monthly."
That's kind of what I was wondering. Thanks.
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I'm here to tell you the truth!
I'm also among those who is recieving these free amenities from government.
Every individual who isn't a taxpayer recieves these food supplies. Many people in India save taxes by hook or by crook. I intentionally don't pay. On paper, I'm unemployed now. My school business is a social work which remains untaxed. I have some agriculture land that easily earn me around +20000 dollars and agricultural production is also an untaxed business here.
If I earn these amounts by doing a job somewhere, I shall be required to pay around 10% of it. So, it's actually easier to hide your actual financial status in India. Maximum people who do small business (like I with the help of my father and brother run a logistics business) don't pay taxes or if pay, pay quite less.
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