“Mehangai Daayan Khaaye Jaat hai”

“Listen friend, my husband earns too much but this price rise which is a witch craft eats too much.” This song is the social and political system of our nation and a war on the current inflation and high prices of all general and daily use commodities. But the Government could not see the fuss of the people hassling about the price rise, but they are more alarmed at whom did BJP portray as the ‘mehangai dayan’ ! Was this pointed to Sonia Gandhi? Yeah, they got a fresh theme to argue upon!! Inflation..... Will it fly to the boundaries of the common man’s income, or will it suppress the expectations of a living desire created by the almighty, or will it steal the smile of longings of the masses? In Economics it is ‘inflation’, but the bottom one-third of the country’s one billion plus population know it in terms of starvation, need, distress or scarcity. Over the last seven months, food inflation has ranged between 13% and 20%. India is such a compassionate country that it exports its food products and itself borrows the same from Burma. Why should not the farmers commit suicide when they only get 1/3rd of the price paid by the consumers? Where is the rest of the cash? Traders and market manipulators are the real slayers of the farmers. The basic requirements are at threat. Education, investments, real-estates, travel, medicines, luxuries have no doubt seen the skies. Many retired people do not keep up with increases in the price level. They feel the world upside down and inside out in terms of economy. Money lenders are at loss. Prices tomorrow will be higher than they are now, in this consideration people spend more and more on even items like jewellery which does not help in the economic growth of the nation. The Indian ‘rupaya’ is going hotter day by day, which certainly shows the economic development and the rising of standard of living in the society but the heat is paralyzing the normal lives. Food tax, road tax, water tax, bank tax, transfer tax, consumption tax, toll etcetera. Were these less that we are again demanded for an ‘income tax’?? Guys, why don’t you ask for an air tax? Or a writing tax will be better! Huh! So now, where does our tax go? Mind that it is the sweat of the common folks. Did you hear “The Union cabinet has cleared a 200 per cent hike in salaries and allowances of our MPs, but they aren't happy!” They need just a one rupee extra than the salary of the highest paid bureaucrats, just one rupee extra not more. Don’t they even know that those highly paid civilians have cleared their IAS entrance exams and after a long job experience, have reached that place? How would they? Everybody knows what is the educational qualification of an MP?


Some facts:

1) Today, out of 543 MPs in Lok Sabha, 315 are crorepatis.

2) The cost-to-country of each of our MPs is 68 times what an average Indian makes. In comparison, lawmakers in Singapore, Japan and Italy respectively cost their countries four times, six times and seven times what the average citizen in each of those countries earns.

3) The number of days they actually work in Parliament are barely 60 in a year.

4) 150 MPs elected last year have criminal cases against them.

5) There are also allowances to wash curtains and sofa covers and a rather funny allowance of Rs 1,000 per day to attend Parliament!!

Well, what does this relate to the misery of people by price rise? It does. What do you think, where does money come to our rulers to shell out these undeserved people? Yes, it is our tax, our salaried income that adds to their luxury! In the middle group, where inflation rises by 10%, income grows by 3%. And in some groups, incomes do not rise at all! And our leaders, still not satisfied? This ‘witch’ does not keep room for savings, and by discouraging savings, inflation can harm economy. Economy needs a supply of saving to provide the funds for people and businesses to borrow so that they can invest in the things that help the economy grow. But who cares?