It is 66 years since India got Independence. But the life of crores of people have not improved. As per the 2012 report (69th round NSSO Report) of the National Sample Survey Organisation, the government body which collects many datas for government, 4.4 crore people are still living in slums, which have no basic necessities and facilities. These are temporary houses, crowded and with complete unhygienic conditions. According to NSSO report, there are such 33,150 slums mainly in Maharashtra, A.P.,W.Bengal, Gujarat etc.
The report also mentions that 60% of the rural households do not have toilet facilities. For the urban area, it is 8.8%. They have to use public spaces for their natural calls. Those who travel by trains can see the people utilising the spaces near the Railway tracks for this purpose.
About 25% in the urban and 55% in the rural areas do not have potable water to drink.
While the Prime Minister and the Planning Commission are all shouting loud about the GDP Growth etc. they do not care about poor, whether rural or urban. There may be only very rare countries in the world, where the benefit of growth has mostly gone to the rich and the poor has become poorer. The ruling class always speak about the poor and oppressed, but ignore them in their welfare.
A change is a must to this sorry situation.