INDIA IS NOT POOR, ITS PEOPLE ARE!
Moneylife, December 26, 2013
Letters
India is not poor though
its people are!
This is with regard to “High top
management compensation hints at ever-increasing inequality between the rich
and the poor” by Nagesh Kini. This well-researched article puts together food
for thought, if only the people, whose thoughts matter, are willing to
think.
The rich and the powerful in India
(politicians who manage government, corporates and religious bodies) have
cornered most of the country’s resources and our dilemma is not comparable with
the problems of developed countries like US.
Revelations like those made by RBI
deputy governor—about write-offs in favour of wealthy by banks and annual
waiver of taxes payable by corporates (that could be several multiples of one
trillion, if the figures during the past 10 years are added up)—will give a
rough picture of how the rich are becoming richer. Maybe the government, or any
national organisation, should compile this information and create an inventory
of estimated domestic stock of gold and other precious tradable
resources.
Bringing transparency in these areas
will prove to the world that India is not poor, though its people are.
MG Warrier
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