Keeping the farmers poor means they can’t invest in the tools to refine the salt themselves, it’s really vicious

@Angela-pj5xy

2 жыл бұрын

@@zackcarl7861 The government owns the land, not the small traders and the salt farmers lease it.

@Traveler-30

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that is what gigantic com0anies are about. They are greedy

@zackcarl7861

2 жыл бұрын

@@Angela-pj5xy that's what I said

@lancelotf.x3619

2 жыл бұрын

and for vast farmers in developing word, they won't buy more danced tools. culture and social make them so.

@ChangedNames

2 жыл бұрын

@@zackcarl7861 no no, big companies tried to cut through and own lands by the good grace of the indian government, but then people protested Also you make it sound like the middle men cant be controlled and told what to do

I tried farming salt in India as part of a volunteer experience. The dry heat is worse than a hair dryer up your nose with only warm water to drink. This job is unbelievably hard its like a 10 hour gym session for them they make it look easy. If you can help them store that water and transform it into drinking water you will help them in incredible ways. Local ppl have underground storage tanks with tortoise to help keep their drinking water clean. Unbelievably smart people, give them an idea and they will put it into practice.

@foegettergames252

2 жыл бұрын

Smart would be choosing a vocation that the local environment supports. Scratching for a pinch of salt from the desert is just not a good idea compared to separating from salt water, which is substantially easier and provides clean water as well.

@lmlh7967

2 жыл бұрын

How does the tortoise keep the water clean? I thought they were salmonella carriers? Genuine question

@FarmerJay90

2 жыл бұрын

@@lmlh7967 I thought so too but it seems to work and they have been doing it for a long time. I think they do it to keep parasites out of the water I couldn't get a full explanation when I was there

@worldcitizeng6507

Жыл бұрын

Reminded me of my 35 days journey in Egypt and Jordan in September/October 2021. So hot I can't even function. I kept my bottle water in hostel freezer at night. Took it out when I was out & about visiting temples

@kunjunction1

Жыл бұрын

@@lmlh7967 salmonella can be killed with enough salt. id say they have enough of it there

Absolutely disgusting how so many of the raw producers doing all the dangerous back breaking work across so many industries are taken advantage of by their own governments and don't even make enough to better their lives of those of their children. The salt farmers need a satisfactory minimum market price, land ownership, decriminalization of all their agricultural acts, and more government assistance. There also needs to be legislation that punishes salt refiners for Black Listing salt farmers.

@calypsohandjack9278

Жыл бұрын

They're brown. Don't care.

@FrostyBud777

Жыл бұрын

Governments and corporations have ruined earth.... lets not talk about the millions suffering each year cause fast food is cheap and organic isn't.... chips isntead of small 5 dollar quacamole... etc.

@calypsohandjack9278

Жыл бұрын

@@FrostyBud777 they’re not white. Don’t care.

@themonsterunderyourbed9408

Жыл бұрын

Actually, government should stay the fk out of everything.

@jayrowe6473

Жыл бұрын

@@themonsterunderyourbed9408 Bingo!

I've learnt about the poverty problem from textbook but got totally shocked seeing it real in the video. The farmers should be respected not only because of the hard works but the positive attitude towards lives. Feel blessed to what we have and complain less when encountering dilemmas

Salt is very cheap in India like 1kg of less than 10 cents but these people do a lot of hardwork and they should be paid more.

@rwik....170

2 жыл бұрын

Salt can produce easily. I think they are the one that need to change work.

@skulakk1360

2 жыл бұрын

Hey it’s simpleton rwik

@ashleysuhan3694

2 жыл бұрын

@@rwik....170 What an idea!! You should be the next prime minister

@ninjalivesmatter

2 жыл бұрын

sry all the money went to that bakchoe and dump truck

@sagarthorat9175

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. And then you will complain that Salt is expensive. Labour is cheap in India. Logistics are expensive. If you want them to be paid more, the manufacturers will add that cost to price of the salt which consumer will have to bear.. And then Bakchod like you will complain about rising prices. Pay your maids and labourers under you extra first and then Gyaan baato on internet.

To put that into perspective, one kg of sea salt costs about $ 1.91 in my local supermarket - so a ton is about $ 1910. Pretty amazing how huge the margins are.

@CheddarCheeseBandit

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, that’s repackaging, marketing, transportation, lots of machinery, change of hands and expenses along the way. Your grocery store probably only sells it for twice what they buy it for.

@NaderNabilart

2 жыл бұрын

@@CheddarCheeseBandit The compounding margins are very inefficient. A lot of middle-men take unearned margins and the actual producers of goods earn the least piece of these margins. Unethical would be an understatement.

@anengineerandacat

2 жыл бұрын

@@NaderNabilart Issue is others have scaled the raw material production up to the point their operation is too inefficient, most countries have a few production facilities to do this; hell the US has like > 90% of it's needed salt production coming out of just seven of it's states. Best thing they could do is try to do the entire processing chain, maybe multi-market by offering their salt as no heavy machinery used etc but that requires a lot of up front investment they likely don't have.

@bearmahri4876

2 жыл бұрын

@@CheddarCheeseBandit You barely need to market salt Its practically essential

@treatb09

2 жыл бұрын

Where the hell are you buying sea salt for 2$ a kg?! Its like 1$ an oz

0:21 His eyes, wow. Calm yet strong spirit. 🙏🏽✨

These people deserve respect and must be payed a livable wage.The Salt "traders" are using the workers! Seeing people being used like this outrages me, it's disgusting!

@beamboy14526

Жыл бұрын

these people need to move and find work elsewhere.

When I'm having a horrible day watching stuff like this humbles me real quick.

@gand5231

2 жыл бұрын

For sure man

@NazriB

2 жыл бұрын

Lies again? Real Salt

@Chowlife

2 жыл бұрын

Humbled real quick.

@Redacted341

2 жыл бұрын

@@repentandbelieveinjesuschr5875 bro shut up you have sinned aswell

@jakobjakol4361

2 жыл бұрын

@@repentandbelieveinjesuschr5875 jesus hates you

They should'nt have to suffer so much to produce such a necessity to the world. Would be great to see people band together and get these guys the best tools and improved lifestyle they deserve

@worldcitizeng6507

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully some non profit organizations can help

@oO0Xenos0Oo

2 жыл бұрын

Salt is not hard to come by as you can guess from the low prices. The world doesnt need this backbreaking work to produce enough salt. But these people want/have to make living from producing salt by hand in a desert anyway because its the only thing they know.

@rectorx1

2 жыл бұрын

@@oO0Xenos0Oo agree. I always think about humanity knowing inhumanity exists. Should treat your farmers well for better supplies don't you think?

@fusionxtras

2 жыл бұрын

@@rectorx1 there are some really great supplies that dont require this kind of labor. Slaves at least had decent tools to use. They could do all sorts of manual labor that isnt as low paying. Going to a city to be a cart walker pays more and causes less suffering. Perhaps it isnt about the money, maybe that is just their dharma.

@clawsewitz4316

2 жыл бұрын

The world tried that, it was called colonialism. Not a total failure in areas that the west could get their ideas to, before the Marxist came along and cultivated class envy, which is very easy to sell to people on the bottom, like those who read Business Insider. Telling primitive that they are poor because the clever white man is stealing your resources is a much easier pill to swallow than ' you're are backwards and weird so stop doing things like us or you'll always be that way.'

i’m so very humbled by these resilient strong hard workers

Honestly thankful for all the delicious meals these people have brought me hope they bring ethics to this business

Good piece of reporting guys. And I agree, these poor people should receive a fair price for the work they do.

@SafavidAfsharid3197

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they should be paid 1000 USD a month, the amount a doctor earns.

@sleepycowboy18

2 жыл бұрын

@@SafavidAfsharid3197 no one is saying that lmao

@queenmommie8295

2 жыл бұрын

TMH God will pay back all who have judged them vengeance is mine saith Yahawah TMH God. APTTMHY

@TimothyWhiteheadzm

2 жыл бұрын

Then you don't believe in capitalism. Unfortunately capitalism does not reward work based on fairness. It causes competition which means the people at the bottom of the labor chain always end up just able to survive on their income and no more. The only ways to stop that happening are trade unions or economic systems other than capitalism. The problem is the poorest laborers are also the least educated and so don't realize that they should start a union, and don't know how best to run one if they do. I personally favor a universal basic income to help with situations like this. It doesn't solve everything, but it helps.

@firstlast6405

2 жыл бұрын

Only if u pay more for salt they should be getting paid more

I am ashamed that I had to see this story on a foreign media channel rather than an Indian one. This just goes to show how priorities of Indian media are messed up. Finally great piece of reporting by Business Insider. Keep up the good work!

@castorchua

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like most stories from India come with comments from citizens expressing shame.

@ZenobiaofPalmyra

2 жыл бұрын

Don't kick yourself too hard: It's like this everywhere.

@Honeybeebuzzzz

Жыл бұрын

I mean we needs fund to do all this your emotions doesnt cost much. these foreign outlets have money to show mostly bad conditions of developing countries.

@ishikinokami1575

Жыл бұрын

Doordarshan covered it long long agooooo. Also,even in the US,media outlets like CNN and Fox don't report on such issues. Why? Because media all around the world is owned by the capitalists and they don't want farmers to earn more. Stop blaming politics or Indian journos. Blame capitalism

@_PatrickO

Жыл бұрын

Indian media is all right wing fox news or RT style garbage. Plus these farmers are doing it to themselves. It is laughable seeing a guy manually drag tools over the entire surface area of these salt pools. These people aren't needed, they are trying to compete with industrialized operations that use equipment to do 100 times the surface area in the same amount of time.

We have come a long way as Indians, from the the salt satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Ghandi as one of the first stepping stones to freedom, to now providing table salt detergents etc. to the common household, massive respect to these workers, its a shame how little they get paid compared to the industrialists, capitalism at its fines. Stuff like this really humbles me.

@yuusucc996

7 ай бұрын

Stop street shitting

Bless these souls who make our lives better. I can’t begin to express my gratitude. I hope their lives improve.

It is nice to see that Business Insiders gives sight of every small community around the different parts of world and makes everyone aware about their work ,which is very much essential.

@Jenvlogs404

2 жыл бұрын

First stay away from middIemen like Rafiq Rahim! Never have good intentions.

@patrick7742

2 жыл бұрын

These people are indentured slaves, why do you see this as a nice insight? This made me furious.

@laurasilina80

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrick7742 I don't think they meant it that way. Yes, I will agree with them on the fact that it is nice to see them bring a major issue to a bigger part of the general public, but it's all they can do. There obviously can be rules and regulations made to try to solve this issue, but you have to remember- that's their main income source- take that away- they don't earn any more. And that brings up even more problems. There are many organizations, who're trying to either solve the issue or at least regulate it for the safety of ppl. I think every sane person watching this will get furious about this. Its the 21 century- everyone should have right to do whatever their heart loves, but sadly it's not possible in the less modernised countries. :)

@patrick7742

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurasilina80 I was replying to the person over me who deleted their comment.

@laurasilina80

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrick7742 ohhh okey

I have visited salt lakes in the outback of Australia and they're certainly not the type of place you would want to work let alone live. It's generally absolutely freezing cold at night and insanely hot during the day. Life barely exists.

“this rake cost 22 dollars too expensive for many of the farmers” too cheap for most of us

@calypsohandjack9278

Жыл бұрын

They're brown. Don't care.

This is heartbreaking. Makes you value the little that you have.

@markbaker2370

Жыл бұрын

So damn true 😊

"Government subsidized solar panels to power the pumps" (starts ancient hit and miss engine), what a legend!

@abhijeet800

2 жыл бұрын

exactly🤣🤣

@StopGoTV

2 жыл бұрын

🤠

@avocado1700

2 жыл бұрын

They use it to light up their homes at night and charge their smartphones😏

@afrosymphony8207

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@foegettergames252

2 жыл бұрын

@@avocado1700 "Modern day slaves." Homie playing Fortnite on his PS4 in the background while listening to Doja on his iPhone 11

These guys took combing the desert to a whole new level.

@nickstonehenge

2 жыл бұрын

we aint found shit

@toastyovens8777

2 жыл бұрын

Literally

@wilsonfish1340

2 жыл бұрын

Amogus

@nihilist1680

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickstonehenge *Colonel Sandurz:* ''Are we being too literal?'' *Dark Helmet:* ''No you fool, we're following orders. We were told to comb the desert so we're combing it.''

@Kurama420

2 жыл бұрын

@@nihilist1680 Sir, our radars are... JAM

I was wondering where Square got the inspiration for the Rosalians in Triangle Strategy, and I have to say....it's terrifying to think people are suffering like this in something that isn't fiction...

Beautiful work!

"these solar panels power the pump" - starts up petrol engine.

@childemperortm5328

2 жыл бұрын

Lami ang magic sarap part

@transmaster

2 жыл бұрын

The hit-n-miss Diesel is reliable and very cheap to operate.

@fidelcatsro6948

2 жыл бұрын

its a smokey diesel engine

@ackermanlevi3265

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@kaashee

2 жыл бұрын

Stoppppp!!!!

$4 a ton is outrageous😥

@larsstougaard7097

2 жыл бұрын

Yes not salty priced

@ackermanlevi3265

2 жыл бұрын

It's 3rd world country

@ackermanlevi3265

2 жыл бұрын

It's 3rd world country w

@yustianpratama

2 жыл бұрын

Too cheap

@anustubhmishra

2 жыл бұрын

@@ackermanlevi3265 even in india its way too cheap. they should be atleast paid 10 times this

I love these videos - truly eye-opening! wish Business Insider would include a way for us all to donate directly to the subjects of their videos. Would love the opportunity to give directly to people like this

@nimeshbpatel23

26 күн бұрын

I am from same state and know about them but the harsh conditions I didn’t have any clue before this video .

Why are all the hard working people being treated so poorly? Meanwhile streamers sit all day in a chair being stupid and making more money than anyone who is being productive and contributing to society :(

@Blewlongmun

Жыл бұрын

Weird nudge at streamers, they’re entertainers for tons of people. Salt guys just deserve equal treatment, they both serve billions of people and should be rewarded fairly.

This makes me sad that I can walk literally over to my local grocery and buy a giant bag of salt for a few dollars or ship it from amazon without even moving from my spot right now. Meanwhile these people spend their 6 months slaving away just get paid $4 dollars a ton. Horrible.

@gerald4027

2 жыл бұрын

The cost of living is less in there country. People in Mississippi get paid less than the people in New York because the price of living is less in Mississippi than New York.

@MissMiserize

2 жыл бұрын

@@gerald4027 As an Indian, it's still so low that it's disgusting that they get paid that little. Beggers in India can get more for less work. This really is nothing. I'm shocked that this is even sustainable. Yes, you can live on less money here, but you still need SOME money right?

@Jose-wd6kn

2 жыл бұрын

@@gerald4027 just look at how they’re living. you think 4 dollars is enough for them?

@evolburd5768

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jose-wd6kn its almost like this video gives a negative depiction of their situation so that they will get more clicks.

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

You're giving them a job they obviously prefer to everything else.

I always thought it's strange how cheap salt is on the shelf when it takes so much effort to mine, harvest, refine, and transport it, and now I know why. They pay practically nothing to the people actually working for it and send the profits up to the owners, ceos, and gov't instead of the people who give their lives to provide it.

@vukasin2323

2 жыл бұрын

This is a primitive way to do this, you don't buy this salt it is for local use. It costs 4 dollars a ton because that is how much it would cost to buy from big producers.

@foegettergames252

2 жыл бұрын

Salt is extemely easy to harvest. The majority of the planet is harvestable salt water. You can literally leave water out and get salt. That's how the Japanese discovered it. What they are doing in those deserts is "squeezing blood from a stone," ie they are using an objectively lesser technique and are trying to pretend like it's equivalent. If you harvest a whole field of wheat with scissors, you should not be surprised when your neighbor outperforms your harvest by using a sickle.

@hendrikheim5665

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainHalodude These people are selling their salt for 0,003€/kg. Even a 30 fold increase in what they get wouldn't increase the price by anything really.

@notahotshot

2 жыл бұрын

@@hendrikheim5665, wait, you're saying that a thirty fold increase in the cost to produce wouldn't increase the consumer market price? Wow!

@hendrikheim5665

2 жыл бұрын

@@notahotshot Same as x2 or X8. But they'd take a lot more to spend.

Awesome people! Thank you

I hope despite all their challenges they have a happy life with their friends and family.

Basically, salt traders deliberately underpay the salt farmers who then have to borrow from the salt traders to get by. The salt traders will then jack up their prices by 60 times per ton when selling the salt compared to what they bought the salt from the farmers eg farmers may sell a ton of salt from $2-5 but the traders will sell at $120-300 per ton.

@vladimirnekic3241

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what's wrong with that? Problem is these people don't come together to form a union. Welcome to the NOMAD life. Oh and Capitalism. Isn't money great !!!

@theCosmicQueen

2 жыл бұрын

this is how the upper classes have always exploited the lower classes in india. worse than most places.

@hognosemyan

2 жыл бұрын

@@theCosmicQueen This is how Capitalism works-- this isn't just India. Replace the caste system with working-class/poor vs ruling-class/rich and it's the same thing.

@mmaybee2353

2 жыл бұрын

so many angry poor people, good luck

@iwankazlow2268

2 жыл бұрын

@@hognosemyan Nah, a capitalist would industrialize and 95+% of the workers farming salt would loose the job, while he would take a greater cut in the end. Salt facilities are highly efficient in other parts of the world. Those workers are lucky that their work is stigmatized and the government declared the zone a national reservoir where only they can work. And a lot of people here talk about salt prices in their local markets, be it indians or others. That's the consumer end price, with trader loss of 20-25 % mass loss just because they deliver inpure salt and further processing is needed, like said in the video. Then his transport cost, labour cost, factory cost, profit margin, taxes. Then it's sold to a distributor which has the same costs besides processing, or directly to a bigger market, with again market labour cost, taxes, needed profit. They certainly don't live an easy life, but it's not a job where you get rich nor can they compere in production with others besides with low wages. In the end, they do their job like it was done for over a century. Somewhat reminds me of a lot of business insider dokus about other fields were people struggle in an industy by working in todays world like their grand grand parents did.

Almost similar in Indonesia, the price of local farmers' salt is only valued at $ 7 = 1 ton But because Indonesia needs more salt then the government imports salt from abroad at a price of $70 for 1 ton and this is very crazy. It's really a sad for local traditional salt farmers and the government is really shit.

@Yuu-Na

2 жыл бұрын

The most common salt in the Market is "refina" $1/kg

@tui5004

2 жыл бұрын

Bang kita impor garam tambang bukan ngak bisa dibandingkan dengan garam dari petani

@mzhlop4623

2 жыл бұрын

this comment is wrong. The government only import the industrial salt, not the consumption. Since the standard of industry is different, that's the reason we import it.

@ChandranPrema123

2 жыл бұрын

This is State Govt not Central .That's why.Pakistan and China controls minority in India and say we are worried about India

@ferdiankhu

2 жыл бұрын

Beda garam yang dari madura dan garam yang diimpor. Kualitasnya beda jauh makanya pemerintah perlu impor. Kalau industri kosmetik dan lainnya pake garam yang kadarnya rendah ya bisa menurun kualitas barangnya.... Coba riset dulu sebelum komentar....

Was going to ask how I got here. But it's quite simple, I saw a video of how technology is made and the lie we've been told by the big tech companies. This crap is just insane, and someone needs to do something about it. These videos make you grateful for what you have. If you're going to complain about an item, try going out there and helping to make it.

When doing international pieces like these, it would be preferable to include unit conversions from imperial units. Nobody outside the US understands 113 degrees Farenheit intuitively, and a piece on Indian economics will draw a wide, multi-national audience if you make it accessible for them.

@spritemon98

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's like 40 degrees Celsius? Or around that number

@islandsunset

2 жыл бұрын

It should always be SI units. Only few people know what a 240 mile journey or 113° F tempvactually means.

@locklanh

2 жыл бұрын

@@islandsunset exactly!

@locklanh

2 жыл бұрын

@@spritemon98 47 turns out! which is intense, and valuable context

@spritemon98

2 жыл бұрын

@@locklanh aye I was close!! I knew it was 40 something

These families could, literally, make more money by doing anything else. The Indian government should put a stop to this abusive process.

@ChadWilson

2 жыл бұрын

Or, since their method is so destructive, simply put a stop to it. There are other ways of getting salt.

@megajatt123

2 жыл бұрын

You are making too much sense The poor must be allowed to, freely without paying even according to their ability, use government land and public resources(groundwater) to make a profit.

@megajatt123

2 жыл бұрын

@Block Lord Ok but then atleast stop the cretin from reproducing and brining more creatures like themselves to a miserable existence.

@rocky4219771

2 жыл бұрын

Salt you eating is demand and so the supply.. so will you stop eating salt.. ?loose remark is good to say but think deep .. real problem is west .. who consume consume and cause problem to developing world..

@indianhistorybuff

2 жыл бұрын

@pushpa Lol this is what would have happened in new farm laws. This is what happens when there is no MSP no Mandi and no regulations to protect farmers. BTW farm laws don't affect salt. Educate yourself.

118°F = 47.78°C thank you so so much for the reference

that's some pretty cool stuff!

I would happily pay more for salt. I never knew it took so much work. However not just for more profits I want it to go to the workers.

@peoplez129

Жыл бұрын

Your salt doesn't come from these people. Why do you think every poor person in the world is only poor because they're working for pennies to supply you? Jesus. Your self depreciation is a disease on mankind.

@HeatForce

Жыл бұрын

I don't think consumers paying more will help. More like the companies should reinvest some of that profit into better equipment for these farmers. Medical too.

@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305

Жыл бұрын

lol not me.. its the corporations that need to pay them more and maybe not collect 50m paychecks yearly for a ceo

@tylerfricks7369

Жыл бұрын

Salt you consume probably originated in your country. Almost every country has a salt mine. Most US salt comes from Kansas if I recall. They have modern equipment and wages.

@WhiteWolfos

Жыл бұрын

@@tylerfricks7369 I was going to say salt lake, Utah 😅 but it's both central utah and Kansas.

Writing from Adesar, area called Little Runn of kutch! Those people are really hard working! I have seen salt factories around town and it is painful knowing that these workers paid really less!

@breakingindonesia8199

2 жыл бұрын

Kira kira mereka di bayar berapa rupee perhari?

It's wild how this is compelling enough to make interesting documentaries but not compelling enough to even consider paying another cent for salt

Eternal shame on the greedy and exploitative companies that pay them so little.

They are the proverbial “salt of the earth”, truly under appreciated and however most important!

@foegettergames252

2 жыл бұрын

@Libuse Young you do realize that this is like an extenely tiny portion of the world's salt? and that like 99% of what you get at the store came from a completely mechanized process in a fairly small facility? You do not need sprawling deserts for salt.

So many people around the world live hard lives. I'm deeply grateful for the time and location in which I was born. Hopefully, the salt farmers can organize in a way that will give them a fairer return for their labor. It's sad to see the little girl and realize that there is a good chance she will grow up to do the same kind of backbreaking labor her mother does.

@infinity-hr3qi

2 жыл бұрын

no not necessary, she can get education nd that too free .

@rampage3337

2 жыл бұрын

yeah you mean places around the world like USA? USA is literally a 1st world 3rd world country that enjoy som of the highest taxes least benefits from taxes and little to no workers rights or regulations on how they can be treated. people who have it bad are forced to have 2 jobs to be able to afford a living and because they got 2jobs they can't improve their life and because they are broke they can't get educated. meaning people are just stuck in poverty and never able to get out. all that while believing they have it good and beter than Europe where minimum wage can support a living and where anyone can educate themselves and improve their lives while not having to worry about whether health insurance will cover their hospital trip or not. oh and paying less taxes while enjoying all those benefits

@foegettergames252

2 жыл бұрын

@@rampage3337 how racist you gotta be to assume India is some cess pit? What of your American South? There are more cases of incest in your Alabama than the rest of the entire world. These people are just stupid. India has lots of opportunity. You can come to city and get a tech job that'll teach you education easily. USA is not magic land of gold and opportunity. You Americans are so ignorant, you do not even know the rest of the world mocks you. Your Trump was like American kids cartoon with clowns throwing pies

@Velossitee

2 жыл бұрын

Funny enough I wish I were in their place as I do no work whatsoever...The government literally just gives me money because I'm disabled I hate it and had to choose it due to significant problems in my life. Nobody trusts an aspergers person to work they always think they can manage completely on their own but they only need a nudge in the right direction to work correctly otherwise we all freak out because we don't know what to do next after the first directions were given... so many people aren't getting the things they need and it feels like its all topsy turvy. and frankly, farming salt sounds pretty straightforward I think I could do that constantly nonstop for days until a break on the weekends with good pay and working conditions and safety protocols. Like someone else said, they really need some gear, they get too much salt intake just from walking on the stuff. I'm sure they don't salt their food anyway though so it should be fine. I love the foods they have over there...very herbal and aromatic...fresh and NATURAL...

Shame on the people who exploit these brave workers.

I wouldn't mind paying more for my salt if people didn't have to go through all of this. That's true for a lot of products.

@lucio57ytb79

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, there are alternatives for many products that assure you that they are not made using unethical practices, but the truth is that a lot of people around the world are struggling in their own way, and greed by the rich is making most people choose the cheapest option for their purchases.

$4per ton is just inhumane. How the hell are they supposed to live?? 🤦🏻‍♀️😪

@megajatt123

2 жыл бұрын

They're not. They weren't supposed to be born. These creatures exist because India fucked over an entire state by the introduction of water and fertilizer intensive breeds of grain crops, the state in question being punjab; and because India legalised Pharma Intellectual Property Theft. These 2 things caused such a huge explosion in the population of that 3rd world socialist hellhole that the entire world will suffer the consequences till the day the last human dies.

@dv9239

2 жыл бұрын

Let me introduce you to a magical concept called cost of living

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

They evidently live. Otherwise it would cost 5 dollars.

@AsiaMinor12

2 жыл бұрын

@@dv9239 well you can obviously research the cost of living/economy of India and realize that the payment is still far too low.

I got tiny blisters in my hand when i was helping my relatives preparing brine for making salted fish. Fortunately they went away after a day. Can't imagine getting exposed to salt for such a long time

@gaberoyalll

2 жыл бұрын

Gosh even the smallest cut hurts when salt get in it. I can only imagine these guys

@nylenik4340

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaberoyalll and they just have to keep going. While going blind 😭

@Abyssal2808

2 жыл бұрын

@Sean Hunter How is getting a blister weak?

@lance9249

2 жыл бұрын

@@Abyssal2808 Just some guy acting tough on the internet

@foegettergames252

2 жыл бұрын

@@Abyssal2808 because only weak, soft hands can blister. If you work to better yourself your hands literally harden. That's why handshakes have been important, because someone can be dressed up pretty like a Senator but they can't hide how soft their hands are. It's about doing the work yourself vs forcing other to do things for you. Even fat, rich people can have hard hands if they work for them.

AS terrible as the conditions are, I admire the farmers tenacity.

Imagine working in these conditions for months on end. You manage to make tens of those huge salt mountains and then... it rains.

Thank you for showing this video. It really opens my eyes on the things we take for granted in places like the united states. something as common as salt, these people are pretty much giving their lives for.

@calypsohandjack9278

Жыл бұрын

They're brown. Don't care.

@TheLasombra077

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Someone grew up sheltered

@theplaguepadart3743

Жыл бұрын

@Kaeble You're absolutely right. I don't go to resorts or travel. Unless a person is upper class, or middle class there are more important things to spend money on. My point was that it's easy in the United states of America to forget all the hard work that goes into every day things.

@WokenRetard

Жыл бұрын

Cuz they get it like monkeys in the 2000s

@owendawson2769

Жыл бұрын

@@WokenRetard as if they had the means to do it any other way? They're stuck in a loop of perpetual poverty- they don't have enough money to improve the technology or ways of harvesting things, and no one is just giving it to them for free. They're doing it the only way they can. Doesn't really call for an out of touch racist comment

As one of the most common minerals on earth, salt mining is a hard game even for commercial ventures with massive mechanized vehicles and modern equipment. This here is the definition of “piss poor”.

@ianthompson2802

2 жыл бұрын

And I imagine what salt does to the equipment just drains what little profits are to be made

@agnidas5816

Жыл бұрын

not piss poor - lacking in knowledge. those boys are dressed better than most inner city kids ;)

@MrLoowiz

Жыл бұрын

@@agnidas5816 Now you're just reaching it.

@Mantium47

Жыл бұрын

@@ianthompson2802 We have a salt mine in town and as a millwright I am told to bring cheap tools into the mine. Once the tools reach the surface they instantly rust from the salt/moisture

I think they deserve more money cause this job is very dangerous in business inside thank you for showing us this video

Interesting story. Nice seeing the process :)

Thanks business insider for raising this issue, I always wondered why 0.5 kg salt was so cheap.

This is what farm laws were there to adress this issue of farmers being exploited by the merchants/middleman .... but i guess the story continues ..millions of such farmers have seen no change in their dire situation

@subhmaypatra5562

2 жыл бұрын

Congress/CPI(M)/AAP are more dangerous for India than Pakistan or China.

@Minisablab

2 жыл бұрын

Thats probably why imported foods are so common, because they come from countries with worse laws for farmers therefore better law for businessmen

@anonymouslyopinionated656

2 жыл бұрын

arrey bhai woh govt. mandi ke liye tha, this is different.

@indianhistorybuff

2 жыл бұрын

Lol this is what would have happened in new farm laws. This is what happens when there is no MSP no Mandi and no regulations to protect farmers.

@lokket9995

2 жыл бұрын

No farmers who actually are farmers are exploited by people who claim to be farmers, the recent protest against farm laws were done by people who weren't farmers to begin with.

The amount of hardwork it take and for this price is ridiculous

Wow, that's an old Hit/Mis engine they're using to power their equipment. They used to use those to power pumping units on oil wells.

They should make Inuit style eye protection to prevent snow/salt blindness (eg narrow eye slits cut into wood or bone goggles)

@crispysocksss

2 жыл бұрын

do u think they are smart enough?

@megg10

2 жыл бұрын

@@crispysocksss why do you ask?

@fourdoorsmorehoes

2 жыл бұрын

@@crispysocksss even buying $1 sunglasses would help, but nobody was wearing any

@Angultra

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sad some go blind from the sun reflection, they should include some cheap sunglasses along with the boots they provide.

@vladimir8035

Жыл бұрын

@@crispysocksss Implying Eskimos are smart?

I never knew there were such things as " farming salt". I guess I will have to appreciate salt next time I use it.

@claverse5478

2 жыл бұрын

Where exactly do you think it came from?

@RoflcopterLamo

2 жыл бұрын

@@claverse5478 From the great holy salt of everlasting life trees you dork. Where else could salt come from?🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

@epajarjestys9981

2 жыл бұрын

​@@claverse5478 from seawater and from underground salt mines. i think more salt for human consumption is produced from these than from desert salt farming as shown here.

Makes me appreciate salt more.

Super dark sunglasses 😎 would reduce some of the blindness

That is pretty cool they figured out how to harvest the salt like that. Sucks all that hard work doesnt add to a lot of money. Hopefully they find a way to make everyone happy. Got a new subscriber. Was fun to watch. Great video

Now after watching this, I have a huge respect for these people 🙏🙏🙏who are the reason we have salt on our plate. On top of that, it's really sad to know😭 that they've to go through so much for that, what's more they're not even getting paid enough.😡

@queenmommie8295

2 жыл бұрын

They are the American black people of there land. We know your pain and have walking in your shoes. Fight back against your oppressor's . 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@brazy6491

2 жыл бұрын

@@queenmommie8295 if you think american living standards relate to this at all your delusional

@GopalSingh01

2 жыл бұрын

Well according to law they are not suppose to harvest salt there as mentioned in the video if this was China they would have been jailed as the matter of fact. Government of India made a silent pact with the farmers but Traders like Rafeeq are putting the farmers in debt trap.

@vladimirnekic3241

2 жыл бұрын

@@GopalSingh01 More like the American Indians, land that was taken from them. Period. Watch the video again.

@bK2pa

2 жыл бұрын

@@queenmommie8295 lmfao

It was nice to watch a video without having to read the subtitle

everywhere the same,the one that works the hardest gets paid the lowest,while the second ones get the real money

I agree to pay Double or even the 4 times the Price I am paying at present for salt But, Agharia community should get a fair price for their hardwork $4 or ₹308 for 1000 kgs of Salt, it is outrageous

@firstnlastnamethe3rd771

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking.

@quackxhead

2 жыл бұрын

With inflation in the US, I’m good.

@LaFonteCheVi

2 жыл бұрын

"fair price" It is a fair price. Their work is not even remotely valuable and the methods they use to extract it are horrible inefficient. Salt is not rare. Salt workers are not rare. Nothing about their job is necessary.

@firstnlastnamethe3rd771

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaFonteCheVi You've placed such low value on their lives so flippantly. Did it even enter your mind that it's necessary for them to survive?

@basantprasadsgarden8365

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaFonteCheVi yes, salt is the most abundant resource after the air, the water and the Soil on this planet So, I will suggest you, to spend a week without consuming any type of Salt or Salt containing edibles And share your experiences with us ,in this the same comment section It's only a matter of a weak, and today is Sunday, so you can start from tomorrow, and share your experience on next Sunday

They deserve the proper foot, hand and eyewear to be protected as they harvest an essential item. Iodine in the salt has the ability to improve the immune system. And even salt that lacks iodine helps regulate certain hormones when consumed moderately.

@mp40submachinegun81

2 жыл бұрын

an essential item which is produced with far more efficient means elsewhere and has a very low demand compared to other commodities due to the ammount that can be produced with little effort. they deserve to move on to better industries which are sustainable and actually provide enough value to produce a living wage.

@TNTspaz

2 жыл бұрын

They need help from the government to move out of the salt industry. It's literally produced everywhere in the world and without the need of these poor working conditions. It's why they don't make very much money from it in the first place

@tuckerbugeater

2 жыл бұрын

@@mp40submachinegun81 They should be forcibly sterilized.

@foegettergames252

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, like maybe one of the four shirts every dude wears "for the decency of God." Like, does your God really care that much about how many shirts you wear? How about cutting up one of those to make a pair of sandals?

@chronological3957

2 жыл бұрын

@@mp40submachinegun81 how much they're making is actually above the average indian salary by twofold.

It's crazy to think that salt was once equal to gold

I'm from Phoenix Arizona and this work is chump change after working on a roofs here lol. We make more money though changing out a compressor but I'll go salting for a month there, no problem.

Good to see Business Insider creating content from my home state, love to see such insights which even i cant see living back there, good to see people talking my language Gujarati, good coverage, hope something good will happen to these peoples lives soon

My sympathy goes out to the hard working people providing the rest of the world with common goods.

The Indian government should help provide essential resources for these farmers who provide such a widely used crop

Respect for the salt farmers

Instead of selling their whole production to industries, they should process some of their own salt in ancient labor intensive way and sell them to consumers and stores as a novelty product in 1 kg packs. That way they can earn a lot from a portion of their product with little sale.

@MementoMoriGrizzly

2 жыл бұрын

Needs a starting capital to do this and these people can't even afford a 22$ tool, so it's impossible for them.

That's crazy, if the farmers could simply refine the salt themselves they would go from the bottom of their society to the top. The people at the top know this and use every tactic they can to keep them poor. Human nature at it's finest.

They could make a condensation barrier to catch the condensation water that would be a natural form of removing salt from the water An cook with it's one way of removing the salt out of the water to have fresh water catch the steam when you are cooking and let it drip into a storage container is a way of preserving your freshwater that would normally be wasted

As someone who likes to study culture and the financial imbalances in the world I appreciate all these documentaries you guys make ❤️

Thousand of years of nature for just a couple of dollars!? Wow!

@masheura

2 жыл бұрын

Wdym? You're pitying the salt bro?😂

@anzarm.a8547

2 жыл бұрын

Thats india

@johnl.7754

2 жыл бұрын

Well it’s better then salt being worth the same as gold

@haggielady

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnl.7754 check your history. Salt was more valuable than gold at one time.

@johnl.7754

2 жыл бұрын

@@haggielady I know that’s why I gave that example

Viscous cycle !! I agree We are all bound to it

is it possible for the farmers to unionise informally(??) and all decide to sell at a minimum price ?

It's worth it getting these people sunglasses and other reusable items to make their lives a little easier. And preferably easy to fix, and cheap

Salt fields are a real bad idea. The salt gets carried away by the wind, into fertile land, it kills the plant growth, which is why areas outside salts farms don't grow plants.

@larsstougaard7097

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it salts 🧂 everything around 🥣🍲🍚

@Benni777

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and it doesn’t promote biodiversity!

@sanjikaneki6226

2 жыл бұрын

salting the ground the original war crime

@lemonmane69

2 жыл бұрын

not that there are a lot of plants growing nearby

@anonymouslyopinionated656

2 жыл бұрын

that's why it's in the middle of a desert?

I heard someone quote the fact in this title, that salt farmers get $4 per ton. I thought they must have misspoke or there was some massive currency difference I missed. Man reality is sad.

i literally could not imagine living in a place like this, and i thought poor african towns had it worse but at least they have storms every year. this is just unbelievable tho

Government should establish a cooperative for salt farmers simar to those established for dairy farmers in India and in Western countries.

@ChandranPrema123

2 жыл бұрын

That's why GST is necessary like why VAT exists?

@lmy2366

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe crack down on anti-competitive pricing on behalf of salt traders. Through price negotiation between dealers and suppliers a market price is established, such is the nature of a market based system.

@Gron257

2 жыл бұрын

@@lmy2366 that is very hard to prove and to enforce. A simpler solution that would probably be cheaper than the legal costs of enforcing that law would be a cooperative, and would probably be self financing once up and running.

@tamanna4697

2 жыл бұрын

We already have successful dairy cooperations, eg-Amul, it's the biggest dairy company here in India, there are thousands of local brands too. And yes I think there should be some promotion for salt also. I lived in this state (Gujarat) and they are lovely people, actually here they are known for their trade so when I saw this video I was actually shocked, I visited this place, there used to be a huge annual carnival and thousands of people used to come, sad to see these people exploited. I wish they get their fair amount of money.

@lmy2366

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gron257 It is not at all hard to prove. If you purchase the salt for sixty times less than what you resell it for, that is very indicative of illegal activity. How do you think such laws are prosecuted here?

I'm struggling to understand the $260 per ton figure... table salt is like 3-5 dollars for a cannister that weighs a pound. 50lb bags of water softening salt cost like 30 bucks. Rock salt for melting ice is like 20 bucks for a 30 lb bag... where can I get this $260 per ton salt?

@nuggets0717

2 жыл бұрын

Wholesale price I’m guessing

@Zed-Corps

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly at wholesale markets.

@machinist7230

2 жыл бұрын

@@nuggets0717 Not only Wholesale price, but wholesale volume minimums - you probably have to buy train car loads to get it at that price.

@timothy6687

2 жыл бұрын

You have to be a scumbag salt dealer to get it at $0.13 per pound. This video broke my heart. The Argiyazy people deserve so much better than we all are treating them.

@HandfulOfTranquility

Жыл бұрын

Your prices SUCK. Sam's club here in the US sells table salt for $1.46 for 4lbs. Water softener salt is $7 for a 40-50lb bag. Are you shopping whole foods perhaps?

This are the people who truly deserves Fund Me raise. Even just for their equipments.

"The government-provided solar panels power the pumps" *Shows a combustion engine firing up

$4 dollar a ton to $260?! That is a 6500% increase...There is middlemen and logistics involved, but not 65x surely.

K, so I’ve learned something here- I was about to make a snarky comment mansplaining that whatever the researcher who ostensibly lived with the salt farmers was researching, it couldn’t have been the chemistry and geophysics of salt production, because I was sure that the brine they are working with would have to be alkaline, not acidic, based on my experience in agricultural contexts with the pH of saline soils created by surface evaporation of groundwater aquifers under artesian pressure. In that context the terms Saline and Alkaline are used pretty much interchangeably, as the salt deposits created that way are pretty much always significantly above 7 in pH, at least in my corner of the planet. I decided I should google the topic a bit before clicking the send button on my snarky comment, just in case my Dunning Kruger syndrome was showing again and there might turn out to be something I didn’t know on the subject. Lo and behold, the first thing which came up was a scholarly article on the formation of acidic groundwater brines in parts of Australia. Not sure whether similar geography and chemistry are at play here, but it’s fascinating to me that such a thing as acidic groundwater brine can even exist.

@noctisocculta4820

2 жыл бұрын

Neat. I was about to make the same comment about acidic instead of alkaline. I wonder the chemistry involved here is. Thanks for sharing.

There is a fantastic documentary on this topic: My Name is Salt.

Those salt farmers should get online and go to twitter. Couple of posts a day and they'll be raking in hundreds of tons of salt.

I'm confused. Near the beginning they mentioned the water has 10 times more saline than sea water but near the end they fear extracting too much ground water. Are people meant to be using super salinated water for some other purpose?

@megajatt123

2 жыл бұрын

The idea is that the water percolates into nearby areas

@Ass_of_Amalek

2 жыл бұрын

water can flow underground. perhaps when they lower the groundwater level in the salty area, non-salty groundwater flows in from areas around it. they certainly are evaporating a lot of water.

@michaelharipersad9882

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ass_of_Amalek That true, but they also said the rainy season is like 4 months. Shouldnt that be replenishing ground water? just my thoughts.

@vemaraju

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelharipersad9882 this isn't not amazon rainforest, rains in deserts will take a lot time (hundreds or thousands of years) to replenish ground water.

@srpacific

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, you mean Insider might lie to people? Like saying the pumps are powered by solar but immediately show a gas powered engine? Or show clips suggesting they build some of it by hand when clearly you can see machine marks on the trenches?

Indians watching this video: OMG they should be paid moree 😭😭😭 Indians when salt prices increase: WTH is govt doing😠😠😠😠

@martisbvk

2 жыл бұрын

How much does salt cost where you live man? You noticed how salt sells for $240 a ton and the farmers get paid $4? How about paying the farmers $100 and $140 for the middle man. That keeps the price of salt the same.

@blazingguyop

2 жыл бұрын

Salt doesn't cost that much bro Are you buying it in tons?? Don't write anything just for the sake that you will get likes

@GauravSharma-dy8xv

2 жыл бұрын

@@blazingguyop you forgot that this is India where a person can kill another one for a samosa

@GauravSharma-dy8xv

2 жыл бұрын

@@martisbvk who will run the refineries if u stop paying middle man??? R they not doing business?

@MILPICS

2 жыл бұрын

@@GauravSharma-dy8xv Sorry are you living in parallel universe? A man kills other for a fookin samosa? 😑

As a private investor in particular inventions. I have dabbled a little into Salt. As about 16 years ago I thought it would eventually carry the same value as Oil. So.. every few months I'll chuck a few thousand into my investments. And I've been steadily building up a huge portfolio on just Salt. A lot of my friends thought it was stupid. However, seems like I can bankroll half of them now.

I drove a enfield motorcycle through here in the 90s. Headed to Buhdj . Then went south to guijirat. . .Strange thing with these kids who are like 12 years old have skin wrinkles like they’re 30.. the colors at sunset were amazing…

Hi i am searching for a info regarding how to start a salt farming in india, is any other parts of India will suitable for salt farming ?

Can you add a link to donate directly to the salt farmers? (Please like for visibility)

@akhiljonnalagadda2132

Жыл бұрын

unfortnately its pretty much impossibe to ensure that funds go directly to them. all you can really do is visit them and donate directly :/ obviously not feasible for 99% of people