You are not poor enough to qualify for help. You are not rich enough to escape the version. You finance the system, but it never appears to you. It is the middle class of India Trap that is and the founder of the startup based in Pune, Sarabh Mangulkar, highlighted it.
“Being the middle class in India is more difficult than being poor,” writes Mangrulkar in a LinkedIn article which now attracts attention.
“For what? No health benefits. No educational advantages. No subsidy of any kind. No government support of any kind. “
At the heart of the problem, he says, is a cut that excludes millions: “If you earn more than 2.5 Lakh per year – it’s only 20,000 ₹ per month – you don’t get anything.”
But this income, he argues, is not enough to cover urban life. “People earning 20,000 to 50,000 ₹ per month find it difficult to offer good education, quality health care or even a small house in a decent locality.”
Families in the middle class are taken in an area where they are not eligible for public well -being – but also prices for private systems. “They cannot afford good hospitals, but cannot go to the government either. They cannot afford private schools, but public schools will not work for them. ”
Grants? Nonexistent. “They do not receive GPL subsidies. No food or electric advantages. Nothing.”
“They are not poor, so they do not receive aid. They are not rich, so they cannot help themselves. They are simply stuck. “
Worse, they place the invoice. “They pay taxes. They do not recover anything. “
For many, life becomes a long cycle of deferred debt and dreams. “People in the middle class spend 10 to 15 years of their lives save for the education of their children or a small house – all on loans and issues.”
And there is no cushion when things go wrong. “If they lose their jobs, no one helps. If they fall sick, no one helps. There is no support system. “
“They should survive by themselves.”
