Salt Problems and Salt March
By Dr. Shubhangi
Rathi
After Bihar and
Orissa, it's now West Bengal where people have resorted to panic buying of salt over rumours that it would disappear from
markets. This panic buying led to its price hit an unprecedented high at Rs.100
per kg in Darjeeling. Inflation is the biggest problem in India. As per the
media, every middle class person faces problems because of inflation. In
November 2013, the State Government appealed to the people not to purchase salt
from the black market by paying four to ten times its original price. Today
such type of news makes us think of Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March. He wrote that
the tax levied on salt in India has always been a subject of criticism. Aim of
this paper is to make people aware about the importance and production of salt
in India, as well as think about the reasons for Gandhi’s Salt March.
