Brutal Facts on India that the government doesn’t want you to know about

Brutal Realities of Poverty & Inequality in India

• 230 million people in India live below the poverty line, surviving on less than $1.90 per day (World Bank, 2023). That’s more than the entire population of Brazil living in extreme poverty.

• While 80% of Indians can’t afford a basic diet, India’s top 1% controls over 40% of the country’s wealth (Oxfam, 2023).

• Over 75 million Indians lack access to clean drinking water, leading to half a million deaths every year from preventable diseases (WaterAid, 2022).

The Caste System: A Rigged System of Exploitation

• Despite being officially abolished in 1950, the caste system still dictates access to education, jobs, and basic dignity.

• Dalits ("Untouchables") are still barred from entering temples, using community wells, or even walking on certain roads in rural areas (Human Rights Watch, 2023).

• Caste-based violence is rampant—Dalits face lynchings, sexual violence, and forced displacement, yet 90% of caste crimes go unpunished (National Crime Records Bureau, 2023).

• Manual scavenging—a caste-based form of slavery—is still practiced, forcing Dalits to clean human waste with their bare hands. Despite being outlawed, one worker dies every five days from toxic exposure (International Dalit Solidarity Network, 2022).

How Corruption Keeps the Poor Poor & The Rich Powerful

• India loses over $160 billion annually to corruption—that’s enough to end hunger and homelessness in the country multiple times over (Transparency International, 2023).

• Politicians and corporations siphon off billions from welfare programs, leaving the poor without food, shelter, or medical care (World Bank, 2022).

• Over 40% of India's MPs have criminal charges against them, including cases of murder, rape, and corruption—yet they continue to govern the country (Association for Democratic Reforms, 2023).

• While farmers starve, politicians write off $15 billion in corporate tax breaks for billionaires every year (Oxfam, 2023).

• Over 90% of crimes against Dalits go unpunished, because police officers and judges often belong to upper castes and refuse to file cases against perpetrators (Human Rights Watch, 2023).

How the West Profits from India’s Poverty & Exploitation

• Big Western brands rely on Indian sweatshops, where garment workers earn as little as $2 a day, producing clothing that is sold for hundreds of dollars in the U.S. and Europe (Clean Clothes Campaign, 2023).

• The U.S. and UK profit from India’s cheap labor, with major companies exploiting child labor in textile factories, gemstone cutting, and carpet weaving (ILO, 2022).

• 70% of the world’s diamonds are cut and polished in India, yet the workers who craft them barely earn enough to eat while the profits go to luxury brands abroad (Al Jazeera, 2023).

• The fast fashion industry thrives on caste-based labor, with Dalit and Adivasi women forced into exploitative work environments to produce goods for H&M, Zara, and other global brands (Asia Floor Wage Alliance, 2023).

Gender, Caste & Exploitation: A Deadly Intersection

• Every 20 minutes, a woman is raped in India, but if she is Dalit, she is three times more likely to be assaulted and even less likely to receive justice (National Crime Records Bureau, 2023).

• Bride trafficking is rampant—thousands of poor, lower-caste girls are sold into forced marriages each year, treated as commodities (UN Women, 2023).

• In some rural areas, Dalit girls are still forced into "Devadasi" traditions, where they are dedicated to temples and exploited as sex slaves (National Commission for Women, 2022).

Modern Slavery & Forced Labor: The Reality They Don’t Want You to See

• Over 8 million people in India are trapped in modern slavery, including bonded labor, forced prostitution, and child trafficking (Global Slavery Index, 2023).

• Children as young as five work in brick kilns, textile factories, and agricultural fields, often to pay off family debts that will never be repaid (ILO, 2022).

• Silk, leather, and textile industries exploit millions of low-caste workers—the same products that Western luxury brands sell at premium prices (Human Rights Watch, 2023).

📢 This is Not Just Statistics—This is Life & Death.

While billionaires thrive in luxury, millions starve, suffer, and die in silence. This is not an accident—it’s a system designed to keep wealth and power in the hands of the privileged, while the oppressed remain invisible.

💡 How You Can Help

🔹 Donate to grassroots organizations that actively work to educate, uplift, and protect marginalized communities.
🔹 Boycott fast fashion and demand fair wages for artisans and factory workers.
🔹 Raise awareness—share these truths, challenge casteism, and push for ethical business practices.

Verified NGOs Making a Real Impact

✅ The Vikas Project – Supporting education and sustainable livelihoods for marginalized communities.
✅ Budha’s Learning Project – Empowering Dalit and tribal children through education.
✅ International Dalit Solidarity Network – Fighting caste-based discrimination worldwide.

📌 Don’t let another child grow up in hunger. Don’t let another woman suffer in silence. The system is designed to keep them powerless—unless we break it.

👉 Donate. Speak out. Demand change. Because silence is complicity.