A shopkeeper, by posting a video on social media, has complained about the government and the commodity voucher plan, saying: “People’s hopes were pinned on commodity vouchers. You have shamed us before customers.”

At the same time as the pace of price growth accelerates, the commodity voucher plan—which no longer has the purchasing power it once did—has effectively become ineffective. The government does not pay the money to shops that sell goods with commodity vouchers, which has led to protests by shopkeepers.