Indian Change

Coins are scarce in India, so you will often be given a small sweet in place of 1 Rupee for change. I'm used to it in shops and restaurants, but now we're getting it from a government organisation?

This is our change from a toll booth; a 2 Rupee coin and two sweets. At least these are nice ones. They often aren't.

If we have coins, we use them. We usually don't have them because so few people give them. Sometimes, people will just tell you to keep the difference. If it's a shop you use regularly, they might keep a running balance - lose a rupee one time, keep an extra next time. It's incredible how much detail can be kept accurately inside one head!
I've tried paying with sweets as small change, but it doesn't seem to be acceptable that way around