The document discusses a study on the socio-economic conditions of rickshaw pullers in Dombivli city. It aims to understand the challenges faced by rickshaw drivers and the impact of increasing costs and new transport options. Data was collected through surveys of 40 drivers. The study finds most drivers have low education levels and incomes between 180000-200000 rupees annually. Most depend solely on rickshaw driving for income but have moderate satisfaction with their profession. It provides insights into the lives and livelihoods of rickshaw drivers in the city.

1. T
.Z.A.S.P
.Mandal’s
PRAGA
TICOLLEGEOFARTS&COMMERCE,DOMBIVLI
A PROJECT REPORT ON
“STUDY OF SOCIO – ECONOMIC CONDITION OF
RIKSHAW PULLERS WITH REFERENCE TO
DOMBIVALI CITY”
PRESENTED BY
PRITI NILKANTH BORKAR
M.A. ECONOMICS PART-II
ROLL NO.06
GUIDED BY
DR. AVINASH SHENDRE
Head Department of Economics, Pragati college
of Arts & Commerce, Dombivli (East)

2. STUDY OF SOCIO – ECONOMIC
CONDITION OF RIKSHAW PULLERS
WITH REFERENCE TO DOMBIVALI
CITY

3. Introduction
 Auto rickshaws are a common means of public transportation in many
countries in the world.

4.  In Dombivli city, auto rickshaws are the most populous and cheapest mode of
transport in providing the last mile connectivity to a greater set of population.
 Dombivli is experiencing an unprecedented growth in transport system.
 Various measures have been taken by the government to modernize the transport
system across the cities. But due to the problem of frequency of public transport,
people mostly prefer auto rickshaws to travel quickly and conveniently to the
desired destinations.

5.  In order to know the socio economic lifestyle of the auto rickshaw drivers in
Dombivli city, an attempt has been made in the present study.
 The study also concentrates on the career satisfaction of the drivers who runs
around the city without any time bound.
 The results revealed major issues and backlogs in their socio economic lifestyle.
 The collected data were then analysed with the help of statistical tools to know the
socio economic lifestyle of the auto rickshaw drivers in Dombivli city.
 For this purpose, data were collected by using a well-designed questionnaire and
was circulated to 40 auto rickshaw drivers through convenient sampling
technique.

6. • The study also provides various suggestions to enhance the lifestyle of auto
rickshaw drivers.
• The paper is an attempt to study the socio-economic status of the rickshaw
drivers and understand the sustainability of the rickshaw occupation.
• It is complicated to determine how this new means of livelihood create changes
in the life of the rickshaw drivers.

7. Objectives
 To understand the challenges of auto drivers due to the increase of
private vehicles.
 To identify the effect of increase of fuel price on their income.
 To understand the impact of online taxi services over auto rickshaw.
 To study the effect of the increase in tax and insurance on the auto
drivers.
 To study the health issues of Auto drivers.

8. Hypothesis
 Most of Auto rickshaw pullers are less educated.
 Life style of auto rickshaw pullers depend on auto rickshaw.
 Economical condition of auto rickshaw pullers is not good.
 To improve economical condition of auto rickshaw pullers they
need to drive auto rickshaw.
 There is no significant relationship between demographic factors
and occupational problems of auto rickshaw drivers.

9. SAMPLE SIZE
 The sampling unit is auto-rickshaw users and drivers.
 Sample of 40 auto-rickshaw drivers was selected on random basis. First 08
auto rickshaw stands were selected and then 5 auto-rickshaw drivers from
each stand, thus making a total of 40 auto-drivers.
Sample: A sample of 100 auto-rickshaw drivers was selected on random basis. First

10. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
The conceptual and empirical literature reviews help in establishing the rationale and
credibility to the study.
In this project I studied and take references from 28 numbers of research paper and
articles some of are as below.
 Sayoojkumar K.P (2017), “Socio-economic and health status of auto –rickshaw
drivers of Calicut city” 2017 JETIR, Volume 4, Issue 11
 Ajai Sreevatsan (2011), has written an article in The Hindu newspaper He
highlighted the views of Chennai auto rickshaw drivers.
 Dr. R. Rangarajan (2018), “An analysis of socio - economic life style and
professional satisfaction of auto-rickshaw drivers in Chennai city” Volume 5, Issue 5.

11.  Tigari, Harish, and HB Santhosh. (2020), “Socio-Economic Background of
Auto Rickshaw Drivers.”
 Prakash S. Chougule (2020), “a study the problems of auto rickshaw drivers
in Kolhapur city using statistical tools and techniques”. EPRA International
Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) - Peer Reviewed Journal
Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 |.
 Mreeshi Agarwala and Ms. Bandana Gogoi (2015), “A Study on the Socio
Economic Condition of E-Rickshaw Pullers in Guwahati City, Assam, India”.
 Emma Shlaes and Akshay Mani (2013), in their recent publication titled ‘A
case study of auto rickshaw sector in Mumbai.’’
 Subendiran S (2014), have studied ‘Socio- Economic and Lifestyle Problems
of Auto- Drivers in Alani.’’
 Attarde S.B. and Ingle Sopan (2007), in their survey on ‘Hearing impairment
and noise annoyance among auto rickshaw drivers working at Jalgaon City.’’

12. Data Analysis
 The socio economic profile of the respondents on the basis of age,
education, and occupation, and daily income, number of family members,
marital status, health condition and family background were studied.
 While analysing these factors the researcher try to understand the livelihood
challenges faced by the rickshaw pullers.
 This survey conducted in Dombivli with the help of a structured
questionnaire.

13. 0
10
20
30
40
Below Matriculation Matriculation HSC
16
12 12
40
30 30
Below Matriculation Matriculation HSC
Frequency 16 12 12
Percentage 40 30 30
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
 Above graph depicts the educational qualification of the respondents. The majority of
40 % are bellow matriculation and 30 % of the respondents have done their
matriculation and HSC and equivalent.

14. 0
10
20
30
40
18-25 25-35 35-50 Above 50
2
16 16
6
5
40 40
15
18-25 25-35 35-50 Above 50
Frequency 2 16 16 6
Percentage 5 40 40 15
AGE
 Above graph shows the percentage of age group of respondents. 5% respondents having
age between 18-25 years and 40% respondent having age between 25-35 and 35-50 years
both respectively while 15% of respondents having age above 50 years.

15. 0
10
20
30
40
50
150000-160000 180000-200000 200000-250000
12
20
8
30
50
20
150000-160000 180000-200000 200000-250000
Frequency 12 20 8
Percentage 30 50 20
ANNUAL INCOME
 Above graph shows the annual income of rickshaw pullers in percentage majority of
rickshaw pullers having annual income of 180000-200000 i.e. 50%, 20 % peoples having
200000-250000 and 30% peoples having annual income of 150000-180000 rupees.

16. 90%
10%
MARITAL STATUS
Married Unmarried
 Above Graph shows that 90% respondents are married while 10% respondents
are unmarried.

17. Some other Findings are
 The majority of 40 % are below matriculation and 30 % of the respondents passed their
matriculation. 30% of the people have secondary education.
 90% of the respondents said that it is their permanent occupation and the primary means of
their livelihood and 10 % of the auto drivers said that they are not permanent in their
occupation.
 25% of the people having experience above 15 years. 30 % of the people doing this job of
about 6-10 years and 25 % of the people in this field of about 15 years.
 25% of the people gives 200-250 rupees to the owners and 5% of the people have to give 250
rupees to the auto owners. 5 % of the people give 300 rupees to the owners as rent.
 70 % of the respondent having their own auto rickshaws.

18.  50 % of the people are satisfied with their income and they can satisfy their
needs with that income. 5% of the respondents are not satisfied with that
minimal income. They say that they won‘t be able to satisfy their needs and
ensure good health and standard of living of the family members. 45 % of the
respondents are partially satisfied with that income. Sometimes they won‘t be
able to deal with some expenses related to treatment and so on.

19. To conclude, the socio-economic background of auto drivers is neither good
nor bad. They have a moderate level of satisfaction in their profession. And
the auto drivers are part of the economic activity, and many of them are
depending upon t heir services.
Many companies were coming into this sector and generated employment
opportunity to society. In the informal sector also, the auto drivers are not
much educated although they can handle customer and provide services, the
auto drivers have a sound knowledge about the routes, and places of the city,
Conclusion

20.  The earnings of the auto drivers are not bad but at the same
level of expenses are incurred by them.
 Their savings for life is not possible.

21. References
 Rajesh Rajan, (2015). “A study on work life balance of Auto rickshaw drivers in Mumbai.”
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, volume 20, Issue 1, pp106-111.
 M.Yesurajan and D.T.Indira, (2017). “Common work related health problems of auto rickshaw
drivers in India-causes and strategies”, International Journal of Applied Research, p-232- 236.
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 https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-major-problems-faced-by-the-public-because-of-auto-
drivers.
 Shlaes, E. and Mani, A., (2013): A Case Study of the Auto-rickshaw Sector in Mumbai,
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