If I toil every day and night for a week, I make Rs 1,000: The agarbatti makers of Bengaluru

TheNewsMinute 2019-09-25

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A box of 100 agarbattis in a regular provisions store costs Rs 65. So the market price of a 1,000 of these agarbattis is 650 rupees – that’s what we pay. However, the women who make them get just about 30 rupees for 1000 sticks.
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