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Dharma encourages the lawful earning of money to provide for your family but some teachings also emphasise the need to share wealth and avoid becoming greedy. Charity is an essential feature of dharma.

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Karma and moksha - many Hindus believe that by acting with compassion towards those less fortunate, they will gain good merit, which may help them to eventually attain moksha.

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Artha - gaining wealth by honest means is one of the four aims of life.

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Sometimes have to beg if cannot afford  needs such as: food, shelter

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In poverty they rely on a daily wage to survive

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Farmers depend on rain to water their plants and if it doesn’t the their plants are destroyed

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Richest 1%own 58% of total wealth in India

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179.6 million people live in poverty in india

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A large percent of Indians cannot afford a healthy diet

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In 1994 it was still estimated that 1 in every 3 Indians lived in what could be categorized as absolute poverty—a total of 310 million people.

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Hindus are encouraged to earn money and help the poor .

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They have 46 charities helping with unemployment.

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Society for poor people development makes access to education, health,food and shelter for poor children in central Tami Nadu

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Hindus in India have a charity called ANEW ( a socialism for non traditional eymployment for women . ) which helps underprivileged women to help contribute to family and society.

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79.8% of India is Hindu , 14.2% is Muslim and the last 6% is made up of other religions such as Christianity and Sikhism