Saturday, September 7, 2013

Short Story explaininng the RIL- Indian Govt Gas pricing tussle

Let me explain the issue with simple story, the names are fictitious and any resemblance to is coincidental :)

5 friends, Mohan, Molly, Ranga, Yantriki and AamAadmi go out for dinner.

Mohan says, I will take you to the best and most reasonable restaurant in town, operated by Mr.Reli.

They order 5 dishes and 5 rounds of rotis(5X5 total 25 rotis).

After 20min, 5 dishes are served and 5 rotis are served.

After the first round of rotis, all ask for second round. Mr. Reli says, cost is rising there will be delays.

After 20 mins, 5 chapatis come, but the size is smaller than first. Everyone looks at each other, Molly says, some technical problems may have reduced the size.They eat and ask for the third round of roti.

After 25 min, 5 chapatis come, but the size is half the first. AamAadmi says something is wrong. Mohan assures, law does not specify the size of roti, hence we must accept it quietly and eat. They eat and ask for fourth round.

Mr.Reli says, more roti can be served at double the price. Yantriki and Aamaadmi are angry. Molly says, it is written in Menu 'prices are subject to change', hence we must accept it.

Yantriki and Aamaadmi says, lets go to another place.

Mohan ask Ranga to decide. Ranga is known for his brains. Ranga says, cost of dinner in Taj Hotel is 2000 Rs, cost of dinner in Dhaba is 100 Rs. Taking and average and other inputs, it is better we pay double the cost of Rotis here.

Yantriki says, this is breaking the law. He had to serve us 5 at the same rate and same size.

Mohan, as usual is silent. Molly says, either eat here or you will have to pay very high in the other place.



P.S. I thank Aditi Restaurant in Mumbai for inspiring this story.
Yantriki is the downstream power, fertilizer and engineering companies that face closure.

Aam aadmi is everyone.

I hope you enjoyed, your feedback is welcome.