Sure, other small shop owners have to pay bribe to food inspector in North India.

Yes, that's true. There's all kinds of extortion by corrupt cops and government officers. But these shopkeepers are by and large not mafiosi who have to muscle out the competition.

My neighbor is part of Sand Mafia and my last cable guy got his throat sliced by competitor who now owns the whole local cable network.

I wouldn't be surprised if the local cable network is ultimately owned by one of the local politicians. That seems to be the norm throughout India.

But these are not the kind of small businesses I was talking about.