Poverty, Joblessness Persist Despite Growth: RSS Leader

RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Sunday said unemployment, poverty, and economic inequality which have challenged India as demons for decades are persisting as problems despite the country having emerged as the sixth largest economy in the world.

- Akhilesh Singh

"India has attempted positively to be self-reliant and the world community has acknowledged its initiatives. Although the country has attained success in the economic sector in the recent past it needs to handle a few issues urgently," Hosabale said and added, "After nine days of Navratri, the way Maa Durga slays the demons on the occasion of Vijaydashmi, the country also needs to get rid of demon like challenges it has been facing for decades and one of them is poverty, which must be eliminated urgently. We must win over this challenge."

The senior RSS functionary was speaking at a webinar organized by the RSS-affiliated Swadesh Jagaran Manch (SJM) under its ongoing "Swawalambi Bharat Abhiyan", which is an attempt to inculcate entrepreneurial skills amongst the youth.

The webinar was organized on the occasion of the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri.