Study on Street Vending in Mumbai

MEMBERS :

Kalimuthu – 199
Jeetesh K Patel – 217
Prasad Kubal – 205
Jitendra Yadav – 234
Vivek Kothari – 204
Franco Fernandes - 236

GUIDE :

Prof. Satish Namjoshi

Contents

 Acknowledgement
 Introduction
 Methodology
 Statistical Treatment and Diagnostics
 Executive Summary
 Recommendations

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our gratitude and special admiration to Prof.Namjoshi for his unremitting support and guidance in the grounding of this project.

Also our special thanks to the Hawkers of Mumbai city for providing us their vital information, precious time and their spirituous support.

INTRODUCTION:

This report is based on a study of hawkers and street vendors conducted in Mumbai. The purpose of this study is two-fold. Firstly, it tries to objectively understand the problems of street vendors in Mumbai. Its scope is not restricted to street vendors alone but it tries to relate the profession in the wider urban context by examining the legal status of hawkers, their contribution to the urban economy, the problems they face, the perceptions of the urban population towards them, and the their position in urban society. Secondly, based on the above information this report attempts to examine and understand the problems faced by the street vendors and the possible means of overcoming these.
In most Indian cities the urban poor survive by working in the informal sector. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas and in the smaller towns drive large numbers of people to the cities for work and livelihood. These people generally possess low skills and lack the level of education required for the better paid jobs in the organized sector. Besides, permanent protected jobs in the organized sector are shrinking hence even those having the requisite skills are unable to