India is a rich country with poor population facing starvation issues: Gadkari

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said even as India has emerged as the worlds fifth largest economy and although the country is rich its population is poor facing issues like starvation unemployment casteism untouchability and inflationThe gap between the rich and the poor has widened in the country which needs to be bridged he saidHe was addressing a programme organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSSinspired organisationWe are the fastestgrowing economy in the world and are the fifth largest economy We are a rich nation with a poor population Our country is rich but the population is poor facing starvation unemployment poverty inflation casteism untouchability and other factors that are not good for the progress of the society he saidThere is a need to establish social and economic equality in the society The gap between these two sections of the society has widened Economic disparity has also increased like social disparity the Minister for Road Transport and Highways notedAlso Read Govt defers proposal to make 6 airbags mandatory in cars by one year GadkariGadkari emphasised the need to work in the fields of education health and services to bridge the richpoor gapThe purpose of the Bharat Vikas Parishad is very clear but the biggest challenge before us is how to work in various sectors with social responsibility and social consciousness to bring about a change in the society However we are still very far from our objective and need to speed up our efforts to achieve it he saidThe minister called for working in a united way to develop 124 aspirational districts in the countryThese 124 aspirational districts in the country are lagging behind socially and in terms of education and health The urban regions have witnessed a lot of development but a huge population has migrated to cities due to lack of facilities and opportunities he said while appealing to the Bharat Vikas Parishad to work on empowering rural areasSwami Vivekananda said that the 21st century belongs to India and therefore everyone should contribute in their own way towards the progress of the nation he saidGadkari gave an example of his own initiatives being carried out in the tribal regions since the last 23 years under which 1200 Ekal Vidyalays are being run in the Vidarbha where 18000 students are getting educationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever