INDIA: A LOW COST COUNTRY!

INDIA: A LOW COST COUNTRY!

India, a very big country with biggg population which distinct in many things like colour, language, food among many others. But there is a habit which is very common and can be found at any part of it. This habit however, can be termed as unknowing and unaware linking force among such a vast distinct people(s).

The habit can be recognised by three words:

sasta(cheap)

sundar(beautiful)

tikau(durable)

In short SST. Emergence of SST can be trapped from its ancient history. now it has become the custom and it originates from custom and a custom has its roots deep inside the society and its history.

Many examples can be quoted to show the relevance of SST in Indian context. Here people wants to get all there work done and for that nobody wants to spend even a single Rupee (Penny). Savings is the integral part of Indian preachings. But people misinterpret this savings. This Saving is all about saving from your income or by cutting down on wasteful expenditure. But here people interpret it as saving from any means even by cutting down on necessary expenditure, even at the cost of own health or at the cost of public health and interest.

Lets take a few acts of Govt as an example:

1. Providing poor with enough wheat to eat. Here emphasis is on quantity and not the quality of food.

2. Providing its subjects with low cost and cheap mode of transport, even if it is uncomfortable, without thinking about its increased cost in terms of:

a) increased wastage of time and hence delay in every work,

b) increased cost of state due to poor health standards caused due to bad travelling.

3. Still not making its offices Fully air conditioned and providing proper sitting arrangements. This leads to lethargic behaviour of its employees. They keep out of offices for the want of cool air and proper sitting, again leading to pendancy of work.

Now let me point out a few habits of Citizens:

1. Transporting goods through there scooters or cars by opening the back door to save a few bucks, even at the cost of public interest and health. It may lead to serious accidents (i suffered one) but it definitely save a few ignorable amount of money.

2. Again using three wheelers (eg Vikram auto) to transport goods, they ply at the speed of 20 km/hr even on the expressways. Leading to bad accidents.

3. Driving on wrong side of the road to save some petrol, which if leads to any accident will cost dear.

4. Here people will eat 2 days old food also since it costed them a few bucks, without even considering the aftereffects i.e. if by eating it they fall ill, they'll have to visit a doctor whose fees and medicines will be many folds the cost of that food.

5. People are preferring diesel cars over petrol ones to save on running cost. They do not take into consideration the high capital value of diesel version, its less resale value, its high maintenance, the amount pollution a diesel vehicle emits is more than petrol version hence effecting environment and society as a whole.

6. A very recent example in this regard is an explosion which occurred when a person was filling its auto LPG cylinder with the help of piped nozzle from LPG cylinder used for domestic consumption. Since this cylinder is supplied at subsidised rates so this could have saved him a few bucks but unfortunately it lead to explosion while performing this act.

This has not saved him as much in years as it has destroyed in a matter of few seconds. His car gutted, he himself was into flames. His more than six family members were injured. His neighbour's home was completely gutted, many of his neighbours also got hurt. A motorcycle standing nearby also got into flames. Besides this there was loss of public property like roads.

CONCLUSION

I would like to conclude here by pleading govt and citizens to do cost analysis before thinking of saving cost by any means b'coz saving cost by any means may put them even behind the bars.

So please think before you think to save and live by spending that much which is necessary to for a safe society.