India is changing: A bullock costs more than a Nano

December 08, 2011 16:46

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha's blog on Livemint.com

Last week, I met a rural activist who told me that a good bullock now costs more than a Nano car. And he said that rising fodder prices have pushed the cost of maintaining such a farm animal to anywhere upto Rs2,000 a month. What's more, a bullock has to be fed even during the months it has no work

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