Viral News: While IT professionals with degrees are struggling for salary, a dry-cleaning couple is earning more than ₹ 2 lakh every month without a corporate job. Is earning more in skills and business now than in studies? Or will the fear of IT raid come true?
Small Business Success Story: A post is in the news these days on social media. The post claims that a couple running a simple dry cleaning shop earns more than ₹2 lakh every month. Hearing this, people on the internet are shocked, angry and thoughtful. Are education and degree no longer a guarantee of earning?
Where did this claim come from and who made it?
This post was shared by content creator Nalini Unagar on social media platform She told that she often visits a dry cleaning shop near her house. During the conversation, the details of his monthly earnings given by the shop owner were shocking.
Is it really possible to earn so much from dry cleaning?
According to Nalini Unagar, this shop is run by a husband and wife together. Two helpers work with him on salary. The shop presses around 350 clothes every day, earning around ₹3,500. Additionally, 20 pieces of heavy clothing – such as suits, blouses and expensive sarees – are dry-cleaned daily at ₹350 per piece. This adds up to about ₹7,000 more every day.
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What does the mathematics of the month say?
If the daily earning is considered to be around ₹10,500 and the shop remains closed only for 3 days in a month, then the total monthly income comes to around ₹2.8 lakh. Talking about expenses, he has his own shop, so he does not have to pay rent. The electricity bill was said to be around ₹6,000 and the salary of both the helpers together was said to be around ₹40,000. Thus the estimated profit comes to around ₹2.3 lakh.
Why did the anger erupt on social media?
As soon as this post went viral, people’s reactions started coming. Some jokingly wrote that now “should learn STEAM engineering, not software engineering”. At the same time, many users raised questions regarding tax – is tax being paid on this much income or not?
Does this story teach any big lesson?
Many people believe that the meaning of this story is not to leave IT job and open a shop, but to understand that earning is not from education but from value and demand. Even today, white-collar jobs are given more respect in society, but this story shows that small businesses can also be not only respectable but also profitable.