Friday, 29 May 2015

Coin crunch.

          
         Many a times when we go to shops to buy stuffs, we get few eclairs instead of change. Toffees have almost become the currency nowadays.

         The same shortage of coins or ‘The change’ is even seen while using the public transport such as bus or while taking the railway tickets. It’s evident that ‘change’ leads to numerous amount of quarrel in present days than ever before.

         Why hasn’t there been a solution to meet the demand for the currency? Is the national bank of the country sleeping?

          Absolutely not, how can it sleep when such a big problem lies in front of them?

       There has been lot of issues of coins every year; the coin dispensing machines are installed at most of the places and many more steps too are being taken.

        In spite of this the problem still persists. Why? Because of the habit which we have! i.e savings, savings in form of collecting the coins, and keeping them hoarded.

        In every home we collect coins and save them. Numerous amounts of coins get hoarded even without the knowledge of people.

        Not only the money saved by us, but also money put up as donations and contributions in temples, churches, mosques etc. are hoarded.

        Why not we people help in minimizing the currency problem by circulating the hoarded coins in our homes? And ask our closes ones to do the same? I am sure lakhs of coins would roll out if we make up our mind to circulate the hoarded coins every week or fortnight.

        Something like making certain day of the month as coin circulation day? On the day where we collect the hoarded coins at our home and circulate it?

        I am sure the shopkeeper or the bus conductor would be very happy when you hand over him the exact change!

        It’s always easy to say these things but hard to make it come into force.

The problem cannot be solved by banks alone; the problem is to be solved collectively. If we don’t make simple changes in our lives for betterment of society, then I feel we would lose the right to complain or blame anyone.


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