According to a polling organization, more and more people are losing faith in the Modi government's ability to improve their quality of life as the Center gets ready to unveil the Union Budget 2025. 5,269 persons around india were questioned in a pre-budget study by the polling firm C-Voter. More than 37% of those surveyed stated that they only anticipate their lives to get worse over the following year and do not see any quality improvement.
 
When the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by Congress, was in power in 2013, the polling firm carried out a survey akin to this one. According to the organization, the proportion of respondents who expressed discontent is at its highest level since 2013.


Inflation, stagnant salaries, unemployment
Since narendra modi became prime minister, more than two-thirds of poll participants said that growing inflation had negatively impacted their quality of life. According to the study, over half of respondents cited stagnating incomes, and two-thirds stated that managing daily tasks has become more challenging due to increased expenditures. In the job market, more and more young indians are having trouble finding work. Even with a booming economy and a predominantly young population, India's labor market has seen a dramatic downturn since 2014.
 

India ranks 126th in happiness index
In 2024, india was placed 126th out of 143 countries in a global happiness index that found that in the most populous country in the world, life satisfaction increases with age. The results of the United Nations' international Day of Happiness showed that india was placed lower than Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Palestine, and Niger.
 
In india, the "happiest" people are the young, and the "lower middle" people are the least content.
 
 

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