BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE

HAWKERS

There are a few hawkers in towns in the district. Their business is not regularised by the municipal authorities and no official records are maintained. Uran municipality charges a wheel tax of Rs. 12 per year, on the hand carts. The hawkers do not carry their business permanently and throughout the year, but only in the dry season.

They usually sell fruits, vegetables, bread, biscuits, fish, groundnuts, sweetmeats, ready-made clothes, confectionery, cutlery, crockery, kerosene, agarbattis, ice-creams and utensils. Their stock-in-trade is obtained from the local wholesale dealers or from the neighbouring towns.

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