SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF STREET VENDORS

Street vendors are an integral component of informal sector and form a social and vital part of the social and economic life of a country .Street trade creates jobs not only for millions of street vendors worldwide. They contribute significantly to the GDP of an economy ,they earn their livelihood through their own meagre financial resources and sweat equity. . But still street vendors have poor socio-economic conditions. In light of the above facts, the present paper focuses to analyse the socio-economic conditions and the critical issues of street vendors. For which Anchal Gram Panchayath was selected for study.