.During the budget session comments offered by different groups of the community, one section of community located in Mumbai in Dhobi Ghat, known as Dhobis, had to say like this: "budget hardly makes any difference to our lives" - we continue to start the day and end the day in the same way as we have been doing for the past so many decades and prices are only going up and up whereas our remuneration is not correspondingly going up. Perhaps, it will be a better solution if all those hospitals, five star hotels, three star hotels, airports etc. etc.etc. who are now taking the services of the dhobis can replace the same by going into heavy duty washing machines which will consume less of water and keep the environment more healthy. At the same time ways and means need to be found out if all these dhobies can be recloated to a better remunerative jobs through NREGA or through agricultural or any trade so that they do not feel cheated or left out. It will be interesting to see in the future if advertisements are made suggesting their soaps use less water for cleaning purpose.