Living together with hard working young men and having talked to them one can conjecture what is sweeping in the minds of the energetic young men. They give damn to all these policies and programmes announced by the Government. For instance they do not hanker for getting job card under MGNREGA. The amount for doing 100 days work under the scheme is too small, they say. They think the amount given under the scheme will not be able to feed him and those dependent on him. Such young men think they must earn not less than Rs 500. So they are prepared to do any kind of job given to them. When they talk among themselves they compete their ability to earn money in a single day. Such young men put up at rented house. The rent charge, which stands around Rs 400 is manageable. One among them boastfully claims the land lord charges only Rs 300 from him as he helps the owner in cleaning the surrounding areas. Back at home they have extended family members who run poultry, piggery and pisciculture farms. They are not moody. The mobile phones in their possession keep blaring latest songs of films both Hindi and Manipuri. Even the well to do family members remains concerning their future. As if the future is dark for them they remain worrying for the young children. An engineer, who owns palatial building and vast areas of paddy field talks of future that in his opinion, is bleak. Inserting money in pocket he said we will not be getting pension. What about those, who do not get anything from the Government? But a Government exists to serve the entire people living in the country. Policies have to be framed to take care of these young men and women, who cannot get Government job. The system of extending loans and grants to the unemployed sections must be revived. They must survive. If these workers do not talk about future, they do not know what future means to them. They are also thinking men. They might be seeing in their dream a cosy lifestyle they can lead. Yes it is true there is no substitute to hard work. If they are happy now, it is because they work hard. The moment they decide to stop to work they will be starving. They know it. They need protection.
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