At a roadside eatery outside Delhi, India , Ramesh Verma has stopped checking the price of cooking gas every morning. The numbers only make him anxious now. At the same time, his business is starting to slow down as customers cut back on small, regular expenses like tea and snacks. The commercial gas cylinder that runs his makeshift kitchen has jumped in price from around 2,078 rupees to 3,071 ($21.7 to $32.1) in just three months — a nearly 48% increase that is steadily erasing the narrow