A dimension within Rising Cost of Living
This theme explores the challenges and opportunities for small businesses and startups in the agricultural sector, including finance and technology.
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It is not possible to do business with twenty thousand rupees. In this expensive era, people are living very difficult lives.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
In this expensive era, it is difficult to do a good business with twenty thousand rupees, but a small business can be done.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
There is a lack of new technology, good seeds, and irrigation. We do farming, but the cost is high and the profit is low.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
Even after receiving twenty thousand rupees, I couldn't support my family through farming.
— RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha
Due to the shortage of LPG, our work has been greatly affected. We run a fast-food shop, so we need gas daily for that. And because of LPG gases, the price of gas for commercial usage has increased from 1000 to 3-4000 rupees, which makes it very difficult for us to procure it. This has also affected our work, and we have had to increase the prices of our items. What we used to sell for 30, we now sell for 40-50 after making it, because the price of LPG has become expensive, so things will also become expensive for us.
— Anshika Saxena · Kichha, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
If the government gives 20,000, what business can we do? Only if the government significantly increases the money, then we can do big business. Nowadays, the 20,000 rupees from the government gets depleted in eight days. So then, what about our financial situation?
— Sastensh khura
Due to LPG shortage, the prices of LPG have gone up, so we can't eat much because we have to save a lot. It's very difficult because we have to save a lot. Due to this, petrol prices have also increased. Petrol prices had increased earlier, it was around ₹100 before. Now it's around ₹108. So, if someone was putting petrol for ₹300, now they have to put it for ₹400 daily. Because of that, it's very difficult for me to manage our daily life and figure out where we are going.
— Urvashi Sriraman · Mugalivakkam, Chennai Corporation, Chennai
If we get ₹20000, we will start goat farming. Agriculture is in a bad state, and there's no way forward.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
If we take our crops to the city to sell, the transportation cost becomes so high that the profit remains very low. Village Riding.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
We need twenty thousand rupees to buy a shop in the village. We are also getting ready to buy cows. If we don't do even one thing, we won't be able to survive.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
Fertilizer and seeds are not available at the right time... and even if they are, they are expensive.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
Sand and materials for building a house are expensive; construction materials have become so expensive that a poor person cannot even think of building a house.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
It feels to me that in the coming times, farming remained very difficult, our work got a bit stalled, and now we can't do it as we understood previously.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, I've been highly affected due to this crisis and even my business has changed its way of dealing with purchasing and selling cost. Due to shortage of LPG cost of purchasing it has been increased which led me to increase the cost of products of my business. This has affected the number of customers coming to us leading to unsatisfactory profits.
— Anish Toppo · Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
There is a shortage of machinery in farming. Tractors, threshers, harvesters—everything has to be rented, and the rent is also very high.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
To promote farming, due to the lack of irrigation facilities here, we are unable to grow a second crop well.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
I feel that in the coming times, farming has remained very difficult, from one hardship to another. Our work has somewhat stalled, and we cannot do it anymore. It seems it was understood earlier.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Inflation has made life difficult, the price of everyday things increases every month.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI
And we give, let's say, 20,000 rupees. So we do business, we incur some costs, we sell some. This much we...
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
I am Lakshmanarayanan. I am a weaver. Now, due to the gas shortage, cooking is very difficult. Now, we have to buy firewood from nearby to cook. They have also increased the price of firewood due to the shortage. So, it's very difficult now. Now, it's the rainy season. During the rainy season, from 5-6 PM, strong winds blow. It rains. So, cooking with firewood is a bit difficult. If there wasn't this gas shortage, we could manage a bit. Our weaving business is already going through some difficulties. Now, with this situation, life is becoming a bit harder.
— Divagar N · Parakkalur AD Street, Salem, Tamil Nadu
If we are given 20000 rupees, then first, I will not do farming with great difficulty. We are thinking of doing this business by cultivating vegetables.
— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha
My name is Thanapalu. The cylinder is not easily available. They are making us wait for 45 to 50 days. Since the cylinder is not readily available, we are cooking on other stoves. They are not even providing the cylinder properly. The price has also gone up. It's a bit difficult. Other stoves are also not easily available. We are unable to cook food in any other way. And it's raining like this. It's a bit difficult. I don't know what to do. It would be fine if we got cash easily. All the prices have gone up. Even with increased prices, they are not giving it properly, they are not delivering. Anyway, they are making us wait for 50 to 60 days. It's a bit difficult.
— Divagar N · Parakkalur AD Street, Salem, Tamil Nadu
The LPG crisis has definitely affected us because we run a food business. So, we use a commercial cylinder and not a normal household cylinder, and the prices for the commercial cylinder has gone up more than the household one. So, we have to pay extra. We used to buy it in bulk but because the price has risen, we cannot buy so many of them and keep it with us. And to adjust the price we have also increased the prices of our some of our products, which has reduced the inflow of customers.
— Zainab Rizwi · Cornwallis Colony, New Delhi, Unknown
When we, people from the lower class, receive a small amount of money from the group, we use it to start our own business and earn a livelihood for our children. And yet we still...
— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We can run our small shop with 20 thousand rupees.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Due to the long distance from our village to the market, we are unable to sell at the right price.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We will do a small business to improve the economic situation.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We want from the government that if we get free seeds for the Rabi crop, then we can cultivate another crop. Currently, due to our economic situation, we are unable to cultivate another crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
My situation is different. If you give 20,000 rupees, we will do farming. We will sell the produce and earn that money.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
In the village, if you want to start a small shop or any work, capital is not even available.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
My name is Kolanjaswamy. I am driving a goods vehicle. Due to cash shortage, if I book, it takes about two months. I can't manage anything. Even if I use a firewood stove, the price of firewood has also gone up. I don't know how to survive, everything is very difficult.
— Divagar N · Parakkalur AD Street, Salem, Tamil Nadu
If we get 20 thousand rupees, we will start a small vegetable business and make a living.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Response 1: We have been badly affected by the LPG situation here in Kannur. Our last cylinder took almost 6 weeks to arrive. In between we managed with an old kerosene stove the smell and smoke was awful. The price has gone up so much compared to even last year, it's really straining our monthly budget.Response 2: My neighbour runs a small bakery and he says fuel costs are killing his business slowly. He needs two cylinders a month minimum and each refill costs more than the last. He's had to cut down on home deliveries because petrol for his bike is also too expensive now.Response 3: At home we've started being very careful. We use the electric kettle and induction stove for small things and save the gas only for proper cooking. My father drives an auto rickshaw and the petrol price increase has really hit his daily earnings. He used to save something every month but these days it's barely enough. We're hoping things improve soon.
— Shalin Sanish · Kumbam, Kannur, Kerala
Who provides a twenty thousand loan? If we were to get a twenty thousand loan for a few days, we could buy vegetables, cultivate them, and run a business. But it's just not happening.
— Padmini Bhoi
When we receive ₹20,000, we use it to do a small business and earn our livelihood.
— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We have twenty thousand rupees. Then we will build our small house near the fields, cultivate, and earn money.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
If we had found employment in our village, we would not have had to go to the city. We have to go to the city due to lack of work and money. It becomes very difficult to make a living without money.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
This time, the price of seeds from the agriculture department is very high, so we are unable to take seeds from the agriculture department. Therefore, we want the government to reduce the price of seeds so that we can grow another crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
If we get ₹20000, we will open a small hotel/shop to improve our daily situation.
— Vimala
If we get twenty thousand rupees, we can start a small business and support our family.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
