Indian small industry is remarkably resilient. They adapt to changes far more than anyone else.

Take the Kirana shops for example. Obituaries have been written since 2001, when Reliance entered retail. They have not only survived, but thrived.

Or the old ubiquitous STD booths.

One more example is, Milk booths, which have pivoted to snack centres. Examples are countless.

What they can't go against is Govt uncertainty. The govt flip flops. One day something is valid. The other day something is banned.

Only to be unbanned again.

Come on.

If you want to ban Crackers. Ban it fully.

You can't wake up just before a festival, and kill the dreams and sustainance of people, who have taken loans at 20% interest per month to earn that little bit of extra cash in already tough times.

The best thing for any economy is Govt certainty.

Provide it.

P:S : Just to hedge them, partially, from this govt nonsense, Sivakasi has transformed into one of the world's largest manufacturers of diaries and a leading center for Printing.

But that's a story for another day.