[sadhuji]

With spiraling prices all around us, the common man is facing a really tough time to balance his budget. Those who are employed by Government agencies get regular increases of the DA based on the price index. The logic of how the figures are arrived at is a complicated one but they seldom bother - their pay packets gets heavier with every increase. However, in the unorganized sector, the employed ones have to struggle. They have to sacrifice many items – they search for low cost items or reduce consumption. A family that is accustomed to buying a kilogram of vegetables tries to fulfill its requirement within 750 grams, they opt for black tea or pour one spoon of sugar where earlier they used to have two. Every paisa saved is an achievement for the housewife.  She has to suppress plenty of her desires with a smiling face and wait for the annual bonus to solve all her financial problems – unfortunately that hardly ever happens. She gets caught in a vicious circle and is never able to come out of the labyrinth.

Time to stretch your family budget

In the last one month, prices of many vegetables, fruits, pulses, oil have sky-rocketed….. The Irfana - Riyaz Pasha couple suddenly find their monthly bills going up. Pasha, who works as a lecturer at the  Kristu Jayanthi College, as usual hands over Rs 2,000 to his wife Irfana to manage the monthly expenses on vegetables, fruits, pulses, oil, that the family needs. But this month he had to increase the allowance for the provisions.

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[sadhuji]

workhard, on Apr 12 2009, 05:49 PM, said:

I think that is the situation in most families.. how once people leisurely took autos now opt for buses.. expenses saved there too..

the scenerio remains more or less the same even after one year ... right now the general elections are on ... let us see if a new batch of politicians can reverse the trend ... that is what they have promised - to give relief to the commoners whho have a hard tine to make ends meet ...