Article on topic ‘Rising prices’
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The price rise is a world phenomenon today and inflation is affecting every section (rich and poor) of society. Our country is also facing this problem. The prices of almost all essential goods are going up. And prices once gone up never come down. This causes a great hardship and difficulties for the people in the fixed income group or those belonging to the low-income group. Today there is no limit to the price rise.
In the pre-independence days, a clerk got only Rs. 60 per month, but now he gets about three thousand Pays have gone higher, but the employees are not satisfied. They have large families to maintain and it becomes difficult to feed so many mouths with the value of the rupee falling constantly. There is dearth of cheap accommodation and many people live in slums.The prices of clothes are also high and some people don’t even have enough money to buy these to cover themselves with.
The government of the day goes on imposing taxes after taxes on the already burdened citizens. This leads to a lot of money going into the national expenditure and into the pockets of corrupt leaders and officials. Black marketing also leads to heavy taxation as people conceal their actual income.
Production of agricultural goods should be increased along with industrial goods. Their prices should be fixed. The government should undertake to ration in cities and villages.Their prices should be fixed. The government should undertake to ration in cities and villages. Cheap clothes should be produced and essential items are distributed through government shops.
Corruption must be ended at all levels. Corruption adds to the problem of prices. Bribing is common in most government offices and this also leads to the rise in the prices of goods. For example, a job that can be done by paying a small amount needs more money because some officials would not do it till they get extra money for it. This leads to an imbalance in the market and an addition to the burden of the common man. Rising prices is a problem that has to be tackled at all levels.
Rising Prices:Causes, Effects And Solutions
Rising Prices is becoming an acute problem these days. One has to live from hand to mouth. It has made difficult for everyone to meet both ends. It has forced people to live a miserable life. Necessities are being sold at a great price. The hardest hit is the common man, that is, the average consumers and the below average consumers or we can say the middle class people and the poor people. Due to price rise, the purchase of essential commodities like pulses, rice, sugar or medicines etc is beyond the reach of one’s pocket. Not only the price is increased for the essential commodities, but also gasoline prices, crude oil prices, diesel prices are also rising high day by day i.e. Rising energy prices. Oil and food prices are causing inflation. What comes in one’s hand is only disappointment. Earlier, it was said that a poor can have chapatti and dal in his food but now, he can not even manage to eat two times meal a day. One of the main causes regarding rising prices is the population growth. Population of our country is increasing at an alarming rate. We have over 100 crore people living in India. Hence, there is a higher demand by people consuming more of the product. Other factors contributing to rising price are short fall in production, rising global population, ineffective distribution system, wastage, expenditure on luxuries etc. The effects of the rising prices on the common man are as: He can have only limited amount of the commodities and necessities. A single salary is not enough to run a household. Modern living essentials are becoming a luxury for him. Poor people are not even able to buy daily food intake. There is a strong need of financial assistance to the poor, to provide subsidies and to increase the productivity so as to overcome the problem.