₹30,000. "The price is reasonable," he says."Last year, I sold eight goats for ₹1.6 lakh -- ₹20,000 a goat. This year, no buyer has offered more than ₹10,000 a goat so far," says Khan, who has been a regular to the caprine market for five years.Safeena, 53, and her daughter-in-law have come from Filmistan area in Old Delhi to buy a goat for the festival on July 31."We buy a goat every year.
This year, our shop remained shut for most of the period," she says. "These are tough times. We had saved some money for the festival but we cannot afford to splurge."Fariya, the daughter-in-law, says they bought a goat for ₹15,000 last year."This year, we have got only ₹10,000.