I think perhaps you are conflating no services for the upper 20% of society with no services. But the gulf is very wide in India and the population is massive.

I think perhaps you are conflating no services for the upper 20% of society with no services. But the gulf is very wide in India and the population is massive. 354 million people in poverty! India's food assistance programs, free education, and healthcare are amongst the most used on the planet. Examples from Wikipedia: - The Indian public health sector encompasses 18% of total outpatient care and 44% of total inpatient care - Free lunch programs for underprivileged children: "Serving 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centres, it is the largest of its kind in the world" - Universal healthcare targeted at underprivileged: "PMJAY and the e-card provide a coverage of Rs. 5 lakh ($ 6860) per family, per year, thus helping the economically disadvantaged obtain easy access to healthcare services." - 550,000 ration shops providing subsidized food Please do not generalize your own experience to that of 1 billion people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_distribution_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_distribution_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Programs_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Programs_in_India https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/india https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy...