Price
hike means an unusual increase in the prices of necessary things. It is a
common experience in our country. The prices of necessary things are increasing
by leaps and bounds. Prices rise all the time and seldom come down. It becomes
difficult on the part of common people to maintain their daily expenditures.
Our expenditures are increasing day by day, but our income is not increasing at
the same time. There are various reasons for price hike: natural and
artificial. We have a huge and ever-growing population. Our demand is always
greater than our supply. This excessive demand leads to natural price hike. On
the other hand, there are some dishonest people who always want to make money
very quickly. They hoard goods and create artificial scarcity of goods in the
market. The black marketers, smugglers also contribute to price hike. In our
country, the middlemen between the producer and the customer take the lion's
share of profit. The extortionists and the political parties collect money from
businessmen and these aggravate the problem. Besides, money inflation, dishonest
business, natural calamity, political unrest, excessive greed for money, lack
of consciousness, corruption etc are also responsible for price hike. The govt.
has a responsibility to check corrupt practices. Since price hike creates
problems to most of the people, it should be controlled for the welfare of the
common people. We must try to boycott a commodity that shows unnatural price
rise.
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