Breaking the Chains: Addressing Poverty's Roots

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Music.
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And welcome to don't catch that shit i'm your host dk and today we are going
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to discuss about another very important topic and that is poverty.
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Music.
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Look at what is happening around us within our community or society the wealth
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is not distributed appropriately.
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If we look at the wealth distribution,
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then we will come to know that a lot of people in our country are below the poverty line.
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And after we got our freedom,
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it has been a lot of decades that should be enough to get everybody above the poverty line.
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But unfortunately, that has not been the case.
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Despite having a lot of resources within our country We can see that there are
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so many people who are even not having the basic amenities.
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Still there are people who are
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struggling to have a decent life In
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the sense that there is a lack
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of infrastructural facilities there
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are still villages that do not have enough basic facilities as in we still are
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not having roads everywhere we still are not having electricity we still are
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not having provision for water,
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so these things of water, electricity, road,
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These facilities are required and this has been a great concern of many people
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that we as a country we have not provided enough to our citizens.
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There has been many indicates that people are not getting electricity.
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They are struggling to get even the washrooms.
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And these are the basic human needs that everybody needs to have.
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We have seen a lot of progress in the last decade,
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that we have seen that now we are getting the roads, infrastructure,
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basic washroom facilities and electricity is also reaching to many releases.
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But still a lot of work needs to be done and together as a community.
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Music.
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We need to ensure that our cumulative wealth as a country gets distributed to rural areas,
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in addition to the urban facilities, the rural area should also get basic facilities.
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That is one aspect of getting our people having a decent life.
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The other aspect of giving a decent life to our people is that we need to provide good opportunities,
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so that they can earn money.
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Despite leaving their own hometown, their own villages, there should be enough source of income.
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Unfortunately, we have failed in this area that a lot of people need to leave
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their hometowns, their villages,
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even their estates to find a job elsewhere.
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This is the area that needs to be improved a lot.
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Apart from this, we can see that there are a lot of people who travel a lot even to do their jobs.
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Because they don't have the jobs in the surrounding and when they find a job
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which is far away from their home,
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then it becomes very difficult for them to travel every day and then do the job and then come back.
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Though this transport thing is now getting improved, but still there are a lot
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of areas where transport is not proper.
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We need to look into that also.
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Other aspect of getting people above the poverty line is that we need to upgrade their skill set.
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A lot of people are not finding a job because their skills are not what kind of jobs are available.
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Especially in the rural areas or the tier 2, tier 3 cities,
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we need to update the skill set of our people in the sense that now the industry is maturing,
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now the industry is changing fast, the technology upgradations are there,
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a lot of new applications, a lot of solutions are coming based on the new technologies
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and we are yet to roll out a plan wherein our youth,
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wherein people who are living in tier 2
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tier 3 even releases they can
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upgrade their skills and there are not many institutes who are doing such jobs
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of providing the education providing the learnings so that.
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People can upgrade to the required skills in a fast and required time frame,
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A lot of work needs to be done in that area.
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And so we need to get to the root of poverty itself.
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Music.
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When we talk about poverty, then we need to understand that the human needs of hygiene of basic,
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requirement of nourishment food their shelter requirement of electricity,
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there is a requirement of transport these are some of the basic requirements
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that every human needs But historically,
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if we look at the time when India got its independence,
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we were left with very less resources.
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In the sense that we didn't have the industries, we didn't have a lot of options
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to earn money through jobs.
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Whatever we could do that time, it was not enough for our population.
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So a lot of people, they were living in villages and they were having their
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own provisions of livelihood through whatever way they could do.
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Like agriculture is one of that.
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Apart from that, there was not much support from the government side as well.
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Agriculture is something that needs a lot of support from the government side
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because due to the weather changes, due to certain other natural calamities,
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agriculture sector, it is very volatile in the sense that it can affect the
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crops and the expectations of farmers are not met because of so many other reasons.
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Apart from natural calamities, apart from weather changes and a lot of decades
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passed after independence where our agriculture sector didn't receive any kind
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of support which was required from the government side.
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Hence, largely we were a country that depended on the agriculture.
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So we did not find good infrastructure, good facilities,
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good support That's the reason
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that a majority of our population Didn't find
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avenues to earn the money In a manner that was sufficient to live a good life
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A decent life So a lot of our farmers A lot of our laborers they lacked the basic amenities,
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the basic facilities and they remain below the poverty line,
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That's why our country despite having a lot of resources, natural resources,
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despite having great potential,
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we could not compete with other countries who got independence at the same time
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or during the same era, we also got independence.
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But unfortunately, we were not that focused around giving a good life to our people.
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We could not develop this infrastructure which was required,
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which could have been done.
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And for majority, for our masses, in order to have a decent life,
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they need to buy houses, they need to have provision of good earning,
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they need to have a transport system.
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And many decades passed by where
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we could not even provide a mechanism wherein all people could travel from villages
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to the cities and took a lot of time to travel from villages to cities because
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the roads were not there.
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The roads were not there and people used to struggle even to get to the cities.
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That was a era that despite
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having manpower despite having
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a lot of potential we could not deliver we could not get these people out of
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the poverty line so lack of employment lack of basic infrastructure transport
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lack of government support in providing the education,
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skill set upgradation, technological advancement all these things were lacking.
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So, we could not make sure that our people get all these things which is required so that, you know,
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they can have provisions to earn money and to go above the poverty line.
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Things are changing. Things are changing now.
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As a country, we are doing pretty well. and it is appreciable that our country
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is now developing a very good infrastructure, a lot of highways,
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a lot of connectivity is there.
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Now our villages are getting connected to the cities.
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Our villages or small towns are getting connected.
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A lot of transport mechanisms are now being developed.
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Highways are in good condition. There has been a lot of express highways connecting
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various places of economic zones.
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A lot of economic zones are now getting developed wherein people can find jobs
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and not only the government jobs but there are a lot of provisions wherein one
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can find the jobs in private sectors.
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A lot of initiatives has been taken wherein people can get the commercial loans
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or many other kinds of loans where they can start their own small businesses
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and these things are very anchorage,
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We have managed to get a lot of people above the poverty line in the last decade.
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And that thing is quite motivating.
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But we still have a lot of areas that need to be developed.
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We need to ensure that economic zones are developed in small cities and near this.
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Tier 2 tier 3 areas so
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that our people need not leave their their
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hometowns and the economic zones
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can be developed in the nearby locations
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where people need not go to big cities
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to find jobs that will help in many ways one is that our big cities now are
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getting overcrowded as well as people coming from small towns,
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villages they are finding it very tough to survive
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in big cities the cost of living
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is high they have to leave
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their hometowns they have to travel a
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lot and this is
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required but we can
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if we can provide the jobs in tier two tier three cities in a way that the youth
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need not leave their hometowns the youth can find the jobs in the nearby localities
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that would be one area that
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can be improved further.
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Then we need to make sure that the people who are living in below poverty areas,
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we need to make sure that these areas get identified.
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We need to identify the areas that these are the areas where people are struggling
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a lot to have basic needs.
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And once those areas
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gets identified we need
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to have a systematic provision to develop
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the economic zones around those areas a
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lot of government support would be needed for that private players needs to
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have a vision of working with the government initiatives and it could be a partnership,
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a public or private sector partnership, where economic zones are developed,
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nearby the areas where we are yet to get people out of poverty.
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If there would be avenues of finding the jobs nearby areas, then people living in those,
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they would definitely be able to get the jobs and they would be able to raise
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their standard of living.
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This is one area where we need to work with priority.
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So we have to look into many aspects of poverty.
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And one of the aspects of poverty is that when we are not able to provide the basic infrastructure,
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if we have a transport system which is developed on the good infrastructure of good roads.
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Music.
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Connectivity, And we
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need to have our economic zones
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strategically developed In
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the locations strategically identified Considering the distribution of wealth
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in our country So if there are locations If there are villages,
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towns, certain cities who are lacking behind in terms of standard of living,
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in terms of the opportunities that people are getting over there,
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then we need to develop certain economic zones.
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In a way that if those economic zones are near to these locations,
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which are historically less privileged,
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people are not getting good opportunity to use their potential or to develop
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their potential, develop their skill set.
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Then we need to have some provisions wherein public-private partnership or government initiatives.
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In any way, we need to develop the economic zones around these locations.
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Locations which are historically underprivileged.
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Where people are not getting enough opportunities so that they can also get
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opportunities to get good jobs and industries around those areas new technological development,
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research centers government projects there could be many ways,
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to develop,
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employment opportunities.
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Music.
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So instead of flooding some cities with economic opportunities and burdening,
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overburdening those cities, We need to distribute these economic activities
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in such a way that our population can get the opportunities equally area-wise,
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state-wise.
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We need to work in that regard that will give a lot of advantage in terms of
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people living their hometowns people migrating from one state to another state if if we can ensure,
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that we have a proper data proper survey of which all areas are not getting enough opportunities,
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we need to now start focusing in that regard that would be one way to tackle this,
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issue of poverty and then we need to enrich we need to enable our villages,
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small towns in such a way that they themselves can make use of,
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certain government initiatives in order to develop their own economic activities.
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Now the government is running certain schemes wherein people can find some easy
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loans or loans where they need not pay heavy interests to ensure that they can
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have their own small businesses going on.
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And but these schemes
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needs to be supported with the skill upgradation
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learning a lot of education opportunities
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around these areas where the
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youth is not finding good infrastructure good
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learning opportunities where the
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colleges are not there they even if
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if they have to have the higher studies they
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need to travel far they need to leave their
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hometowns and if we
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can ensure that our education facilities or education infrastructure is available
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around these areas where people are struggling to find the education opportunities
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to find the job opportunities.
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Thereby, we need to fill this gap which is there in our country.
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We can see that a lot of people are still not having the basic amenities,
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the basic facilities to have a good life.
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Electricity, road connectivity, water provisions.
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There are so many other things which they do not have and for these things they
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have to spend a lot of time to get water from somewhere and then they have to
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spend their time without electricity.
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Students find it very tough to study and in such,
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locations, we need to make sure that there is a proper survey,
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proper identification and then government schemes,
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public-private partnership, special economic zones.
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A lot of economic activity now needs to be there in such locations.
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That is one aspect of working towards poverty. The other aspect that we need
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to have in our country is social security.
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We need to ensure that a part of our tax collection should be allotted towards
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the social welfare, towards social security.
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Nobody should be living in adverse condition because now when our country is
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having good resources or country is having good economic activities,
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good tax collection then we need to make sure that people are not living in
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adverse conditions they should have right to have the basic provisions of having
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a decent life in terms of infrastructure,
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in terms of kind of facilities that everybody deserves, electricity,
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roads, basic livelihood.
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Which should be there with everybody, basic cleanliness, housing aspect.
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A lot of initiatives have been done in recent years
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regarding the washroom facilities and a lot of awareness programs are there
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so that people can start to look at these things as basic things and a lot of
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campaigns are there from government but despite that,
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We need to develop a lot of infrastructure in terms of transport.
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Even if roads are there and the transport facilities are poor,
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then also people will struggle.
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If the buses or public transport or trains, the connectivity is not good,
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then people will still find it very difficult to travel to the locations where
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the economic activities are happening.
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So, one is that the infrastructure, the other is the transport provisions,
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descent transport provisions should be available to everybody.
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Every part of our country must be connected with good roads,
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infrastructure, good transport system.
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And that is one thing that
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we need to work on so that
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if these things are available to people who
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are living in underprivileged locations where
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economic activities are not that good if the infrastructure is available they
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would still be able to travel with the transport but we have seen that in our
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country Even the basic road has been like a dream.
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Too many villages, too many small towns,
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but now things are changing and it needs to speed up, it needs to reach to every
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part of our country as soon as possible.
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Apart from infrastructure, transport, facilities,
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we need to have the education system which is designed in such a way that our
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education should be providing a lot of skills.
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Nowadays, technology is there in every field and people everywhere should be
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having good institutes.
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So that even if someone is living in underprivileged areas,
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then if they can have good institutes around,
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they can upgrade their skills,
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they can if they if they are
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skillful if they have right skill set
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then then and
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then only they will be able to find jobs we cannot
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depend on government jobs alone the private sector is playing a very important
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role and with this current era of apps a lot of apps are being developed a lot
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of services are being developed,
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services wherein a lot of people are working now for deliveries,
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services like Amazon, Uber and so many other kind of new facilities,
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new services which are now available.
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A lot of people are finding jobs now.
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These things should be happening in the areas which are not having such activities,
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such economic facilities,
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then we need to identify and start implementing that.
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Infrastructure, transport, availability of good institutes,
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skill up gradation, and then a lot of government initiatives,
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public and private partnerships to develop economic zones.
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Then we need to have a lot of campaigns wherein we can start educating.
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We can start spreading the awareness
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among our poor community
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that they need
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to be focusing towards education
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towards having their own small businesses with the help of government initiatives
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that now provides loan with a very nominal interest or without interest as well.
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Small businesses can be started through government funding.
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Those schemes needs to reach to these people through campaigns,
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through awareness programs so that we can use such schemes which are there,
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available from government and that is one aspect that needs to be improved.
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Apart from that, it is the responsibility of our community as well that we should stop.
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Music.
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They are burdened to the society. They should not be given that kind of treatment
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that we have a divide in our society or community,
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the divide of rich and poor.
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That is one thing that we need to change psychologically, through our behavior,
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through our value system.
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We need not look down, we need to give respect to every individual,
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irrespective of their status, their financial status.
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Music.
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We need to start looking at every field, every job with respect.
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We need not have that divide of white collar job and the other kind of jobs that people are doing.
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Music.
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A gardener, everybody should be having pride in whatever they are doing.
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At a society as a community, we should not be having that kind of attitude towards
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certain fields that we start considering that if someone is doing that work or this work,
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then they are not having worth.
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That is our combined responsibility. it needs to change whatever a person is
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doing if that person is doing that job with honesty,
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with integrity if the person knows his work that person needs to be given respect for what he is doing.
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If it is not a white collar job if it is a normal job of giving some kind of
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service to your household,
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the maid the house keeping people everybody needs to be given treatment which is fair,
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respect should be given to every individual,
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we see people who are having a lot of pride,
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a lot of ego with their status of richness.
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If they have money, they have money which is more than other people,
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then they would start looking at other people in a way which is not nice.
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So we need to have some sort of reflection within.
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And when we start to develop the community in a way that everybody is treated fairly,
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if a person is good at doing something respective of what he is doing what he
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is doing we need to give fair treatment a lot of respect for what they are doing for their skills,
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for their hard work for their sincerity for their honesty, for their integrity
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for their creativity we need to give a lot of respect.
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In that way, we can create that kind of environment, that kind of culture around
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us, that everybody is celebrated,
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everybody is celebrated in a way that people feel respected,
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people feel that their work is getting appreciated,
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irrespective of what they are doing.
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And we should not look down we
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should not be having a
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biased attitude towards that this
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kind of job this kind of thing is of high
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status we need to get out of that thing if we start to create such a culture
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where people are respected for whatever they do but if they do it in a manner
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which reflects their commitment,
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their hard work, their sincerity, their honesty.
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And as a community, if we start to give a fair treatment to them,
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respectable behavior with them.
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Then we can have a very good culture, culture of respecting each other,
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culture of valuing each other.
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Then that divide of rich and poor, the divide of high status, low status,
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that will start to reduce and it will be a better society, a better community
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if we can have this kind of change in our country.
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So the economic status should not be given that kind of judgmental aspect,
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Where we start to judge people based on what they have and what they don't have.
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What a person is having financially.
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That should not be the criteria of respecting that person.
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The criteria of respecting a person should be that if that person is having
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certain value system or not.
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A rich person can have a very bad value system A rich person can be having a
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lot of problems with ethics,
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with morality Then despite having a high status, high economic status That person
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do not deserve the respect.
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But traditionally this is
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not how our communities our society
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is functioning unfortunately we give a lot of weightage to the economic status
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of a person we give a lot of respect to the person who is having all the signs of having a rich life.
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I'm not against the wealth or economic status.
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All I'm saying is that a person needs to be given value in terms of what kind
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of value system that person is having.
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A financially rich person could be a very poor person, ethically.
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Music.
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Morally, and a financially,
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economically poor person can have a very rich value system with good ethics,
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a lot of morality, then we
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should have that kind of culture wherein a person is not just on the basis of have and have nots.
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A person is given respect based on their behavior, based on their values,
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based on their actions, based on their karmas.
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So we need to have these kind of changes in our society and we need to have
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different standards of making someone or ideals.
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Music.
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If a person is very successful, but he does not have basic etiquettes of treating
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others, then that person is poor.
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Despite having a lot of money, a lot of success, that person is still poor because
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he has not still earned the spiritual assets.
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He has not built his character and we need to have this kind of culture,
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this kind of society wherein we don't promote,
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the ill behavior of anybody despite their status, their success,
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and even if a poor person is having a lot of values if a poor person.
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Music.
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Moral and ethical aspect, then that person deserves a lot more respect than
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someone who is rich and successful,
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but still he throws his tendrums, his or her bad attitudes towards others.
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So we need to have these kind of changes.
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If we really want to have a society that is not a superficial society,
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a society that has a substance.
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A society which is having a good foundation where good things are appreciated and bad things,
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real bad things.
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Are identified, not just your economic or financial status, but your behavior,
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your character is given a lot of importance.
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That kind of community we need to develop. But often we see that if a poor person,
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if a person is not having a financial status, then he is given a very biased treatment.
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He or she is just in a way which is not nice.
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So such kind of stereotypes we need to identify and we need to get out of this kind of mentality.
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Then we would see that not having.
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A lot of money is not a bad thing in fact a lot of people would choose not to
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have excess things in life,
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and they do it out of their own concerns so they are contented with whatever they have.
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So if that is coming from their own mindset of not having excess things,
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then that should also be respected.
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The way we idealize money, the way we idealize richness is blinded. .
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Often we see rich and famous people and we start idolizing their life,
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their lifestyle, their activities, whatever they say, whatever they do.
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People start to follow that.
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But often we forget that a lot of other heroes, other people who are not having
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a lot of money, but still they carry a lot of character.
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So character needs to be given high regard
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and in our community we need to give this kind of value system to our coming
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generation that how they should not mistreat others based on their financial or economic status.
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This way the divide between rich and poor,
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the kind of mentality that we have around poverty, around richness,
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then we need to have a lot of campaigns, a lot of programs to upgrade living conditions of poors.
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Asatuma sakamaya Tamasuma jyotir gamaya Mrityoorma mhritam gamaya Omsham.
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Music.
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Shanti Shanti Shanti Keep writing Stay safe Stay healthy Remain aware and conscious
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Become the part of this movement Until the next episode Be peaceful.
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Music.