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There was a time when, if the price of petrol or diesel increased by 50 paisa, there would be a massive strike against the government. Nowadays, nobody cares, because the government knows how to play with public psychology.
It is simple, if you want people to forget the issue, then introduce them a bigger issue which is the strategy followed by every government in the world.
Per capita income has increased, and public transport infrastructure has been improved significantly. Opposition is dead, and other issues are stopping people from coming out and voice the increase in petrol prices and on E20. I know only one thing: no one will suffer more than the middle class in this country. Already, the population is in decline and in a non-replacable number of particular religion. Whatever can be squeezed from the middle class, the government will do it asap.
It is true that the per capita income has increased, but there is a big illusion that politicians are selling when it comes to per capita income increase.
To simplify things for everyone to understand, per capita income is a simple calculation, total national income ÷ total population.
Total number of billionaires have increased in the past decade. The elite are making money and it will be calculated in the total national income. What about the common hard working class and the middle class. Almost half of the population is above the poverty line and not reached the middle class barrier.
These are facts that is available in the public domain published by the government. When you live in a country where the average monthly income of around 50 crore people is below $150 and if someone boast about the increase in per capita income, what should we say.
Check your own bank balance and you will understand, whether you are able to save like you did a decade or two decades ago.
