In India, a major section of self-employed informal workers work as street vendors. They provide a range of goods and services that are useful to other sections of urban poor and hence they form an important segment of the informal economy. Based on the findings of the study conducted in ...
Street Vendors in cities across India are constantly exposed to the brutalities of the environment in which they keep on struggling to survive. On a daily basis they put-in back breaking efforts to make both ends meet for their family. Mumbai represents the spirit of the Street Vendors of Ind...
Tasting your way through the street food in India is as much about the food you eat as it is about how you eat it. Quick pointers to keep in mind: Use of disposable plates and cutlery: Most of the vendors provide disposable plates and spoons. Using them is safer rather than sharing th...
The article reports that street vendors in India has been banned by the Guwahati Municipal Corp. (GMC) to set up stalls on footpaths in GS Road in Guwahati from August 14-15, 2013 due to a bombing incident occurred in the area which injured and killed several people in July. It mentions...
An attempt to assess solar lantern based lighting option for street vendors (often without access to grid electricity) in the city of Dehradun through a questionnaire based survey is presented. Survey results indicate that the vendors are more likely to adopt a lighting device on rental mode that...
The informal sector, also known as the unorganized sector, constitutes a significant portion of India's labour market, with over 90% of the workforce relying on it for their livelihoods. Among the urban population engaged in this sector, approximately 14% are street vendors [9]. Street vendors...
Abstract An attempt to assess solar lantern based lighting option for street vendors (often without access to grid electricity) in the city of Dehradun through a questionnaire based survey is presented. Survey results indicate that the vendors are more likely to adopt a lighting device on rental ...
How many vendors are there in India? According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, there are10 million street vendorsin India, with Mumbai accounting for 250,000, Delhi has 450,000, Kolkata, more than 150,000, and Ahmedabad, 100,000. ...
A study was done to assess food safety and hygiene practices amongst street food vendors in Delhi, India. Practices and hygiene status of 200 street food vendors was studied by a questionnaire based findings and observations at the vending site. Data was entered and analyzed with the help of ...
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