REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Debdulal Saha(2011) Conducted a study on the working life of street vendors

in Mumbai with the aim to understand the working life of street vendors(men &
women) in terms of level of income , accessibility of finance and working
hours. It was concluded that the street vendors face a major problem when
dealing with the authorities as due to the fear of their goods being confiscated
they are forced to pay bribes. The study further revealed the poor and dangerous
working conditions of the vendors .

Pavantika T Biradar, VaseemAnjum Sheriff(2016) Conducted a study on

sustainable urban development and street vending with particular reference to
Bangalore metropolitan area .It was concluded that street vending street vending
should be added as an important aspect of the street life as it brings vibrancy,
colour & liveliness. Millions of people are subsisting on it daily and that it
stimulates economic growth by promoting social equity and accessibility which
beings about sustainable urban development of street vendors

Raghavendra R.H (2014) Study report on unorganized retail in India, the paper
provides a detailed information about the role of unorganized retailing industry
in India. It examines why unorganised retail sector in India is dominating and
what are the reasons for its dominance . It also provides an in depth study about
the importance, opportunities and challenges of unorganized retail sector with
comparison to organized retail sector in India.

Robert S.P (2012) Conducted an in depth analysis of the socio economic

conditions of the street vendors in the city Tiruchirapalli.The results concluded
that Tamil Nadu Government despite having a strong social security net still
majority of street vendors are reeling under acute poverty and deprivation. Their
basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, education and alternate employment
opportunities need to be accomplished in order to have a thriving and
prospering informal sector

C.N Ray, (2011) Conducted a case study of street vendors of Surat city with the
aim to analyze the socio-economic conditions of street vendors, he concluded
that the problem of illegal street vending can be solved by legalizing the street
vendors by licensing them, issuing separate identity cards to monitor their
activities and provision of proper hawking space to avoid conflict with the
traffic .

Brata, (2006) Conducted a study focussing on the vulnerability of street

vendors he finds that other aspects of vendors vulnerability besides
insufficient institutional arrangements for vendors are such as having to
provide and care for dependants, working long hours and coping with the
debilitating consequences of their material poverty, or in their relation with
their suppliers or creditors.

Chinchilla, et al, 1993; Lund, 1998, 1997); Conducted a study regarding the
role and participation of women in street vending and suggests that women,
constituting a prominent disadvantaged social group, tend to be particularly
attracted to street vending because a significant portion of the women
belonging to the weaker and deprived section of the population who look
for employment in the informal sector as because of lack of skill,
maximum flexibility in terms of combining work and child care.

R. Ramalakshmi (2017) Has conducted a study on food and vegetable

vendors in Kanyakumari with the aim to study their socio-economic
aspects and found that most of the vendors come from the socially
backward and economically deprived sections of the society.

Bhowmik (2001) Conducted a study for NASVI ( National Association of

Street Vendors in India) in seven big cities, namely, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Ahmadabad and Imphal, highlighting four
major issues; the legal status of vendors, the nature of trade and their socio-
economic condition, the allotment of space for vendors in urban plans and the
perception of customers towards vendors