Poverty and Education (Rural)

There have been news from Bhopal, that Children Ragpickers are back in town. Also a scenario of a lower middle class family living in outskirts of city, in Himachal Pradesh has come into light. How the family of 4 members, has come to an stagnant phase during the lockdown as everything was shut and the only way of earning was a cattle cow. As education has shifted to online luxurized education, they had to continue the online education trend for that the cattle was sold for.    6000 INR, and an smartphone was brought with an internet connection.

That Cattle was not only a cow but the livelihood earner for the family. For gaining education people are getting befitted to poverty.

People are  thinking that everything is going good and fine, but on the grassroot poverty is Unanimously Increasing due to this Pandession.

Some days back, finance secretory stated, Economy is Booming, there is a green shoot, etc. That may feel hurtful to some people, but "Sawawan ke andhe ko har jagah hariyaali hi dikhaai deti hai".

Poverty is increasing on a large scale, we might not see, but on a macroscopic view everyone can. 

In this scenario of lockdown we talk about online education, may be I can afford it, people around me can afford it, but people on grassroot?

I barely go out of my home, but when I get into market area I have seen the number of beggers have increased, who are those beggers. Are those people there with their own intent, surely their is much bigger Economic Tragedy behind it.

Also on a larger scale we have seen Reverse Migration of 8 Crore People, are their children getting proper education. Will those people come back as soon as economy starts or when the schools will start.

This poverty is pressurising children to Ragpicking. This is not a new normal, but may be those children are new and so their intent too.

We can't ever take the advantage of Demographic Dividend of our country, if the young kids remain uneducated and unskilled. 

Poverty is hence directly proportional to uneducation of kids from poor families, this illiteracy is ultimately proportional to Anarchy in the future.

This might be written in a hotch potch way, so is my mind right now.