I have seen the Indian middle class grow by millions in the last decade, but there are still millions who remain poor. There might be a wide variety of reasons for this, but some of the ones I noticed are lack of work ethic and lack of a desire to improve themselves.
Most of the people who do daily labor in India are some of the laziest people. They completely lack any work ethic. All they care about is if they got the money to feed themselves for that day. They will not do any additional work even if it means extra pay. And most would just look for any opportunity to not work like bandhs (even if it does not affect their work) and even festivals of other religions. Whereas most of us in the middle class would look for every opportunity to make extra money and jump at a chance to work overtime so we can save for future expenses.
Some daily laborers send their kids to schools by working hard in the hope of a better future for their kids. But most of the rest do not care about their kids future, the general mentality is why should I care for my kids when my parents did not do anything for me.
The government, NGO’s and private companies are providing support,but unless a person has a desire to improve his and in turn his families lives there is nothing anybody can do. India and Indians have a long way to go before we eliminate poverty.