Indian
Hell
India is one of the fastest growing economies in
Asia but the sad part is that they have a lot of poverty. According to a study
by Bloomberg an amount of $14.5 billion in food was looted by corrupt
politicians which actually belonged to the 350 million families living below
India's poverty line of 50 cents a day.
“This is the most mean-spirited, ruthlessly executed corruption because it hits
the poorest and most vulnerable in society,” said Naresh Saxena, who, as a
commissioner to the nation’s Supreme Court, monitors hunger-based programs
across the country. “What I find even more shocking is the lack of willingness
in trying to stop it.”
Politicians involved in this remain unpunished because the Police, Law and
Order system is also heavily corrupted. For seven years there have been NO
convictions. None at all.
India runs the largest public food distribution system in the world since 1965.
Still 21% of adults and almost half of India's children under 5 years of age
are malnourished. Around 900 million Indians eat less than
government-recommended minimums and growing prices of food through out the
world means growing dependence on the subsidies. All the politicians
and corrupt officials pay the government of India the subsidized rates
and sell the food to traders at market rates. This is where they make big
money. This is the where the problems lies. And it has to be dealt with as soon
as possible to save million lives which are worthy of more than million
dollars.
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