We don’t want to buy anything.. We don’t want to eat anything. Cooking oils and mutton eggs are the same in the market and the prices are skyrocketing. Situations are emerging where poor middle class families are unable to buy essential goods and have to starve. Surveys by the National Health Organization reveal that people from poor families are suffering from nutritional deficiencies as they are unable to buy nutritious food items like milk, pulses, eggs and meat due to rising prices in the market.
On the one hand, Modi is bragging that India has become the world’s largest country with the population of China, and on the other hand, criticism is pouring in that he does not care about the 65 percent of the population who are affected by the mall. By the time the Prime Minister took over the reins at the Centre, the prices of goods have increased by 50 to 75 percent. Some types of prices have increased by 100 percent. Others have crossed one hundred percent. The illusions created by the leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in the election meetings that if Chai Wala is the Prime Minister, the problems of the common people will be removed.
The skyrocketing price of essential commodities exposes the falsity of Prime Minister Modi’s announcements. Cooking gas, which is essential for people of all walks of life, was Rs.399 in 2014 and today it has increased to Rs.1150. The prices of petrol and diesel are increasing. In 2014, a kilo of rice was Rs. 27 and today it is Rs. 52. Cooking oils have increased from Rs.83 to Rs.180. Wheat flour has increased from Rs.22 to Rs.76 per kg. Sugar rose from Rs.24 to Rs.42 per kg.
Tamarind rose from Rs.40 to Rs.120. Groundnut has crossed the century from Rs.24 to Rs.69 and millet from Rs.32. Kandipappu rose from Rs.50 to Rs.130. Jaggery turned into ginger. Depending on the quality, it costs more than Rs.50 per kg. Prices of tea powder are falling. The price of teapodi arakilo packet of various tea brands advertised ranges from Rs.280 to Rs. Selling up to 380. In 2014, the price of a liter of milk has increased from Rs.38 to Rs.60 today. The prices of milk, curd and other milk products, which are used as nutritious food for infants, are increasing beyond the reach of the poor. People of these communities say that there are situations where even buttermilk is taken from glasses with spoons.
Cooking meat prices
Consumption of meat, which strengthens the body with proteins and gives energy to the body, is decreasing in poor families. It is said that this is due to the increase in their prices. A kilo of mutton was Rs.300 in 2014 and today it has reached Rs.800. There is no increase in the prices of mutton but there are no records of a decrease. Chicken prices are also becoming heavy. Chicken, which was under Rs.100 per kg, has increased to two hundred today. Eggs are also on the same path. An egg which used to cost two rupees has increased to four rupees today. In retail, the egg has reached Rs.5.
Fun is important:
The daily laborers and daily laborers who toil all day, even the entertainment that fills the mind with a bit of entertainment has become a burden for the families of the agricultural laborers. Although there are TVs in the homes of the poor, they have to be used as decoration. The prices of channels are also increasing beyond the reach of poor families. Poor families have to shell out an average of Rs.3000 for broadcasting channels every year. It is said that due to the increase in the prices of essentials, food is becoming scarce, and entertainment is also getting heavier due to the increase in the prices of broadcasting media.
