He tweeted, “When wheat was Rs 1.6 per kg. My grandfather downsized the Food Corporation of India in 1987.” In a follow-up tweet, he shared that his grandfather had a habit of keeping all the records.
Responding to a comment, Paswan shared, “This document is called J Form. He has all the documents corroded in the last 40 years in his collection. One can study at home.”
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There was a time when wheat used to cost Rs 1.6 a kg. My grandfather sold wheat crop to Food Corporation of India in 1987. pic.twitter.com/kArySiSTj4
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) January 2, 2023
The post has been viewed over 42K times, 689 likes and many comments since it was shared. The internet was shocked and one user wrote, “Thank you sir for posting this. I read about J form for the first time today.”
Another user wrote, “The gold rate in 1987 was Rs 2,570, so as per today’s currency/gold rate, wheat is worth 20 times.”
A third user wrote, “Wonderful. Then elders are writing full details of every single penny spent. Keep a record of the success they were certified like this. Lots to learn.”
“Nice to see the postcard-like archive of Bill,” wrote a fourth person.
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