Our Finance Minister Nirmala ji came up with a number and that was 135 million Indians are out of poverty in the last 5 years. She said it in the Parliament while replying to a question asked by the opposition. Now, my question is do you guys think in the last 5 years India has made so much progress that a big number of Indians have been rooted in the middle class? My next question to you guys is, do you see changes happening around you in the last 5 years?

My answer to both my questions starts with the first one.

Yes, I have seen my housemaid asking me for more money for a few chores in the last five years. BTW, I have increased her monthly pay and I have seen her husband who is a small transport lorry driver buying a new one for his business. Her younger son is now studying in a private school and her elder one is studying engineering.

Second question and my answer.

There is a big change in infrastructure happening everywhere I go but the roads are still the same. Corruption has increased as I can see roads building today and after three months there would be digging done for pipes, cables, etc.

What do guys have to say?