A Street Vendor is a person who offers goods for sale to the public at large without having a permanent built-up structure from which to sell. Street vendors may be stationary in the sense that they occupy space on the pavements or other public/private

1. A STUDY ON PROBLEM FACED BY THE
STREET VENDORS IN SINGJAMEI AREA
BY
Kalmax Mayanglambam
Penna Langonjam
Omita Wangkhem
Rebika Yumnam

2. INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
LIMITATION
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
FINDING
SUGGESTIONS
CONCLUSION

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DGFT is
the main
governing
body
related to
EXIM
policy
In the year 1962,
the Govt. of
India appointed
a Special Exim
Policy
Committee to
review the
government
previous export-
import policies
Mr. V.P. Singh,
Commerce
minister,
announced the
EXIM Policy on
12th of
Initially, the
Exim Policy was
introduced for
the period of
three years.
S T R E E T
V E N D O R S
S I N G J A M E I

4. I N T R O D U C T I O N
A street vendor is a person who offers goods or
services for sale to the public without having a
permanently built structure but with a temporary static
structure or mobile stall (or head-load). Street vendors
could be stationary and occupy space on the
pavements or other public/private areas, or could be
mobile, and move from place to place carrying their
wares on push carts or in cycles or baskets on their

5. I N T R O D U C T I O N
Lack of gainful employment coupled with poverty
in rural areas has pushed people out of their
villages in search of a better existence in the
cities. These migrations do not possess the skill
or the education to enable them to find better-paid
and secure employment in the formal sector

6. To identify social economic
condition of the street vendors 01
02
To identify their daily
wages
To find the literacy level 03
04
To identify the major constraint
that face by the vendor
To study the current status
of Street Vendors 05

7. TIME FACTORS
Due to lack of time,
the collection of data
from vendors was
restricted to 30.
AREA
The research area is
limited to Singjamei
Area only.
RESPONDENT
During the data
collection, a few of the
vendors were reluctant
to
respond.
LIMITATION

8. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Methodology is the specific procedures or techniques used to identify,
select, process, and analyse information about a topic. In a research paper, the
methodology section allows the reader to critically evaluate a study’s overall validity
and reliability.
Methods of Data Collection Both Primary and Secondary data
Sampling design Convenient sampling technique
Area of the study Singjamei
Sampling size 30 respondents

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60%
40%
AGE
20-40 40-60 60-80
AGE NO. OF
RESPONDENT
20-40 YEARS 0
40-60 YEARS 18
60-80 YEARS 12
DATAANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
TABLE 1: SHOWING THE AGE OF
THE RESPONDENT
INTERPRETATION
Out of 30 respondents, 60% come under the
40-60 years category, 40% and 0% come
under the 60-80 years and 20-40 years
categories respectively.

10. TABLE 2: SHOWING THE
QUALIFICATION OF THE
RESPONDENT
Below 10 10 10+2 Graduation Post Graduation Illeterate
Below 10
Illiterate
10
Graduation
10+2
Post-Graduation
Qualification Respondent
Below 10 10
10 5
10+2 2
Graduation 4
Post-Graduation 1
Illiterate 8
INTERPRETATION
Out of 30 respondents, the majority
(10 respondents) belong to the below 10 group and others (5, 2, 4, 1, 8)
respond under 10, 10+2, Graduation, Post-Graduation and Illiterates
respectively.

11. TABLE 3: SHOWING THE DAILY
WAGES OF THE RESPONDENT
DAILY WAGES RESPONDENTS
500-1000 9
1000-5000 20
5000-10000 1
10000-15000 0
9
20
1
0
500-1000
1000-5000
5000-10000
10000-15000
0 5 10 15 20 25
DAILY WAGES
INTERPRETATION
The Above graph shows that most people earn their daily wages in the
range of Rs 1000-5000

12. Less than 1 hrs
2 hrs
3 hrs
4 hrs
5 hrs
more than 6 hrs
0 5 10 15 20 25
Less than 1 hrs
TABLE 4: SHOWING THE AVERAGE TIME
WORKING AT THEIR BUSINESS
AVERAGE TIME RESPONDENT
Less than 1 hr 0
2 1
3 1
4 3
5 3
More than 6 hrs 22
INTERPRETATION
The Above graph shows that most people have working more than 6 hours
a Day

13. TABLE 5 : SHOWING THE TIME OF STARTING THEIR
BUSINESS
TIME (YEAR) RESPONDENT
> 1 YEAR 0
1 YEAR 2
2 YEAR 1
3 YEAR 5
4 YEAR 1
5 YEAR 0
< 5 YEAR 21
Time (years)
> 1 yrs 1 yrs 2 yrs 3 yrs 4 yrs < 5 yrs
INTERPRETATION
The Above graph shows that most people have started their business more
than 5 years

14. TABLE 6: SHOWING HAVE THEY EVER WORK BEFORE
THEY STARTED THIS BUSINESS
WORK BEFORE RESPONDENT
YES 20
NO 10 67%
33%
YES NO
INTERPRETATION
Out of 30 respondents, 20 respondents had other work before they started
vending business and 10 respondents had vending business as their
primary occupation.

15. TABLE 7: ARE THEY THE ONLY PERSON WHO MAKES MONEY FOR
THEIR HOUSEHOLD
YES NO
13 17
YES NO
INTERPRETATION
The Above graph shows that 13 Respondents are the sole earners of their
families.

16. TABLE 8 : SHOWING THE PROBLEM THAT THEY
HAVE FACED WHILE DOING THEIR BUSINESS
PROBLEMS NUMBER
ROBBERIES 8
HARRASEMENT 8
TRANSPORTATI
ON
8
UNABLE TO
SALE
24
NONE OF THE
ABOVE
1
PROBLEM
Robberies Harrasement Transport
Unable to Sales None of the above
INTERPRETATION
The Above graph shows that Most of the respondents have faced the
unable to sell problem because of many factors. And many others have
faced multiple problems.

17. FINDINGS
• Majority (60%) of Respondents are under the age of 40-60 years
• Out of 30 respondents, the majority (10 respondents) belong to the below 10 group
and others (5, 2, 4, 1, 8) respond under 10, 10+2, Graduation, Post-Graduation and
Illiterates respectively.
• Most people earn their daily wages in the range of Rs 1000-5000
• Most people have working more than 6 hours a Day
• Most people have started their business more than 5 years
• Out of 30 respondents, 20 respondents had other work before they started vending
business and 10 respondents had vending business as their primary occupation.
• Out of 30 respondents,13 respondents are the sole earners of their families and 17
are not.
• Most of the respondents have faced the unable to sell problem because of many
factors. And many others have faced multiple problems

18. • The respective government authorities provide licences to the vendors so that they can be protected
from harassment and eviction by local authorities.
• They should also be provided with permanent sheds and minimum facilities such as first aid, drinking
water, toilet, garbage collection solid waste disposal etc.
• Schemes like regular health check-ups or health care and pension should also be extended to vendors
• Since financial instability is one of their major constraints, credit facilities and basic knowledge about
financial activities to be made available to the vendors
.
SUGGESTIONS

19. CONCLUSION
Women’s street vendors provide major services to society they take a
crucial role in the family among the population most of them are
selling, vegetables, fish, and fruits. These street vendors also faced
challenges related to selling that they were unable to sell in time so
they lost some profit because almost all the products were perishable.
And also most street vendor earn for their family to feed.