HIGHLIGHTED STARK INEQUALITIES AMID LOCKDOWN

The inequalities can be defined as the disparity among the social class, disparity of distribution or opportunities, and lack evenness throughout. It exists in every society or community but the disparity could contrast. In-country like India the neonates are distinguished with their religion and caste from an early age since this affects the intellectuality of that child. Now with this intellect, he/she starts living which in term creates disparity of religion. There are such many types of disparities, one of the main which is crunching in today’s time is the disparity between the destitute and wealthy pupil.

The Indian government has released the stimulus package of 20 Lakh crores freshly which are about ten percent of Indian GDP(Gross Domestic Product). The government states that this package will help to grow and start the stagnant economic activities.  These packages mainly include relief for the industries, MSMEs(Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), traders, Power, and Water Boards. There will be the provision of loan facilities and no collateral required for Enterprises depending upon their total turnover and profitability. The package also includes some laudable provisions like providing free ration to the migrant workers for two months, special credit facility to street vendors, loan facility through NABARD to farmers, and many more similar reliefs. Altogether the provided provision in the stimulus package is very much soothing.

The package has put the people of India in a tizzy because the government stated that they had already spent about 9 lakh crore till now. The recent package of governments seems to be nonchalant as poor people are not availing much from it. As per the different reports from the eminent institutions the real package that will be spent by the government directly will account for only about two to three percent of the total GDP. The stimulus package also highlighted stark inequalities as most of the packages will provide relief to the high and middle-income people or to bigger industries but the people under economically weaker sections have totally despaired from it. There has been evidence from the past also that whenever there is pandemic or apocalypse then poor people suffer predominantly as compare to rich.

During the lockdown period, there has been the circulation of many pictures and videos which are very distressing and mournful. The poor are those who had to walk for the miles of a kilometer to return to their home, they are the ones who are now jobless, they are who will suffer for a long period. In contrast rich also got affected by pandemic but they are not comparable to each other because one is suffering at its peak while others at its nadir.

Altogether there have been a grant of many funds to poor people too but the amount never reaches them, there might be the direct benefit transfer system but it does not include crores of people as they have no Aadhar card and bank account with which they can avail the benefits. There has always been a great effort from every government but all are just rhetorical. The government should come on foot and should also focus on the weaker section people because they are the one who holds the country and helps in its functioning. Therefore, the government should work to affirm both the poor and rich people because creating inequalities in terms of providing support always results in debilitation.