Rising Poverty, Income Inequality: RSS Leader Hosabale Flags 'Demon-like Challenges' Ailing Country
2 years, 2 months ago

Rising Poverty, Income Inequality: RSS Leader Hosabale Flags 'Demon-like Challenges' Ailing Country

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday expressed concern over alleged rising income inequality and unemployment in the country, asserting that poverty is posing as a “demon-like challenge in front of us.” Hosabale, however, said several steps have been taken in the last few years to address this challenge. Besides poverty, “inequality and unemployment are other two challenges need to be addressed”, the RSS leader said. On inequality, Hosabale wondered whether it is a good thing that despite being one of the top six economies, half of the country’s population has only 13 per cent of the total income. And at the same time, the country’s 50 per cent population gets only 13 per cent of the total income, he said asking, is this a “good situation?” Underlining that there is need to generate jobs at the rural level, Hosabale said with this aim SJM has launched ‘Swavalambi Bharat Abhiyan’.

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