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Problem: Extreme PovertyFact: 26 crore people below poverty line
“Life is not a bed of roses for all”
No food to eat. Carrots have zero fat content, so do plastics.Fact: 100 million people in India are malnourished
“Man is what he eats.”
No clothes to coverFact: India is rich country of poor people
“I really have a generation gap about modern clothes.”
No shelter to call as homeFact: India has about two million homeless people
“Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.”
Water, water everywhere! Watermelons are 97% water, lettuce 97%, tomatoes 95%, carrots 90%, bread 30% and THIS TANKER 0%Fact: 1.4 billion people live without clean drinking water
“There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.”
So many mouths to feed ; not a job in handFact: Unemployment figures went up from 7.9 million to 8.9 million.
“Of all the aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment."
I can’t go to school, I need to work.Fact: At least 35 million children aged 6 - 14 years do not attend school.
"We want bread and roses too."
Future imperfect.
Govt. Primary Schools: An Initiative
"He who opens a school door, closes a prison."
Mid-day Meal Scheme: The IncentiveFact: A sum of Rs.7324 Crores was provided in the Union Budget 2007-08 for the Mid Day Meal Scheme.
NREGP(National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme): Ensuring a brighter futureFact: The NREGP is the largest ever employment programme in human history and India will have to allocate Rs 30000 crores every year to sustain this programme.
Yes ,we want to play.
