The prices of daily necessities in the country are once again on the rise, disrupting the family budgets of ordinary people with fixed incomes. In view of the upcoming general elections, the central and state governments and political parties are busy looking for issues that will easily help them gain the people's support, keeping the popular issues aside. The Reserve Bank report has also come out that the price level in the country is now at a high level. Current retail prices in the market are the highest in the last four months. The price of goods is increasing for no particular reason. States like Kerala, which have to depend on other states for food products, are struggling the most due to rising prices. The Reserve Bank changes the interest rate based on the inflation rate. As inflation continues to rise, the RBI is reluctant to cut interest rates.

In the case of Kerala, it can be said that the market rate is on fire. In the last two months, there is no commodity that has not gone up in price.
Not only rice, condiments and pulses but also eggs, meat and fish have gone up in price. The price of rice has increased by more than ten rupees per kg in the last month alone. On the other hand, the prices of pulses and legumes have increased by 15 to 20 rupees.

It is usual for the prices of vegetables to go up here during the Sabarimala season. This time the increase in prices was more severe than in the past. Farmers attributed the rise in prices to reduced production due to problems caused by climate change. Whatever the reason may be, the rise in prices can easily empty the wallets of consumers. The misery is compounded by the fact that the government systems that are supposed to help the common man are becoming more passive. Due to the strike by the contractors who supply the ration products, it looks like it even the distribution of ration in the state could stop any day. As they have been on strike for four days, the movement of goods has been completely disrupted. If the food department does not intervene immediately, the ration shops will have to be closed.

The trade of daily use goods in the Civil Supplies Corporation has almost come to a standstill due to dues from the government. The corporation owes crores of dues to traders in other states for the goods taken. They are insisting that they will not provide the goods if the dues are not cleared. The corporation's debt collectors have no money with the government. Supplyco stores don't have products in stock to sell even though they are open. This is also one of the reasons for uncontrolled price rises in the public market. It is the active presence of ration shops and the systematic functioning of government systems like Supplyco that keep common families safe from ever-increasing prices. It is necessary to ensure the full functioning of these systems as soon as possible to control the current price rise. People will not forgive if the government turns its back saying that there is no money for anything.