Grocery shopkeepers in Corona, crisis, seven lakh shops closed
The lockdown has diluted the condition of the world's major economies and giants. But its worst hit is the small grocery shopkeepers of India. According to an estimate, around seven lakh small grocery shops have now reached the verge of closure. These shops are in houses or streets. In this, crores of people have got employment and their livelihood rests on this.
Why there was
a challenge? According to a report, there are one crore small grocery shopkeepers in the country. Of this, about six to seven per cent use public transport, that is, they have no means of transport. They are not able to visit their shop due to lack of public transport. In such a situation, their shops have been closed for more than two months.
Reopening
is not an easy path for small grocery shoppers, despite the difficult lockdown. Industry experts say that the shortage of cash and lack of customers is a big challenge for them. Experts say that usually the grocery shopkeepers or wholesaler or consumer products companies deliver the goods for seven to 21 days ie two to three weeks. All are afraid of uncertainty in the economy, due to which it will be difficult to get goods on credit. Also, most of the buyers of these shops were migrants who have gone to their homes. In such a situation, it will be very difficult to reopen these shops.
Big companies will also suffer losses
due to the closure of small grocery shops. According to a report by Nilsson, small grocery stores account for 20 per cent of the total grocery products sales in the country. Praveen Khandelwal, general secretary of CAT, a retailer's association, says these shops sell a variety of everyday products along with milk, bread, biscuits, sabun, shampoos and cold beverages that most big companies make. In such a situation, the closure of small grocery shops is also going to affect the big companies. Khandelwal says that the challenge is more serious than it seems.
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