Abstract
Push cart vendors are the most visible section of the informal economy. Push cart vending as a profession has been in existence in India since times immemorial. A cart that is pushed by a person used especially to describe a cart that is used for selling something outdoors for examples selling fruits, vegetables and other goods from pushcart. The push cart street vending is meant for the pedestrian to walk and to avoid traffic congestion and accidents. But the push cart and street vendors are illegally occupying the streets and plat-forms for the purpose of purchasing goods at the cheap rate from the vendors who sell on the street. This is one the main causes for the steady increase of push cart vendors. In most Indian cities the urbanity survives by working in the informal sector. The in-depth analysis of the socio economic facets of the push cart vendors in Erode town has led to the unambiguous conclusion that their economic condition is really deplorable and there is a dive need for concrete action plan to ameliorate the socio economic conditions of the push cart vendors. The social security network of Tamil Nadu Government is quite strong. The Ministry of Housing and urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) has passed the 2013 Street Vendor’s Bill. This study aims to find out the socio-economic status and their working patterns of their livelihood. Hence, the researchers had used convenient sampling method to select 50 respondents for the present study which is in descriptive nature. The findings of this study are elaborated in the full paper. The central and the state governments are trying to amend rules in order to protect the push cart vendors.
Published Version (
Free)
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call