The Indian government has been working on ways to tackle its growing economic problems.
The South Asian country's economic growth has slowed down amid rising inflation, falling rupee value and fewer investments.
It has cut fuel subsides to curb its rising fiscal deficit, but that is already affecting the common people.
Now, people have started to cut back on their daily expenses to save money for contingency.
Al Jazeera's Prerna Suri reports from the capital, New Delhi.