If you are among those people who are toiling hard to bring back your life on track after the pandemic blow, If you are trying to provide for your family cutting on your expenses, trying to give a good education to your child and somehow manage the rising school/ college fees, you are trying to take care of your parents, pay the bills in the house and then save a little bit for yourself, your future, maybe planning to buy a house for yourself, or a vehicle... Well, come out of your dreamland and face the reality. Sorry to say, but I've got a very bad news for you. The IPL might be starting from today, but the fuel prices have already crossed century and catching up with the trend is LPG, Essential commodities and now the medicines. Generally, during March-April people wait for promotion, slaary hike. But the govt has taken this concept very seriously and generalized it to hike the prices of the goods and services that directly impact your pocket. Now your salary may or may not have risen, but you have to pay extra from your pocket. According to reports, Prices of essential medicines including painkillers, antibiotics, anti-infective are set to go up from April. The government has allowed an increase of over 10 percent for the scheduled drugs. What this decision means and What impact will this have on your overall budget? Arti Ghargi, Akhilesh Bhargava and Sujit Nair discuss in this podcast.
