A Study on Socio-Economic Conditions and Working Patterns of Street Vendors in Tiruchirappalli City, Tamil Nadu, India

Introduction: Nowadays, the employment plays a very important role in the human society. According to 2011 census total population of India is 1,21,01,93,422. The data shows that around 37% (20, 01,012)1 was self-employed. Street Vendors constitute 12.5% of the self-employed in Mumbai (Bhowmik. K, 2012). All people want to engage in white collar jobs, but the Government and Non-Government Organization is not ready to give job for all the people. So, the individual and the group of people are involving in the self employment, particularly in the informal sectors. Mainly the people are migrating from rural to urban areas and taking part in the Street Vending. According to Keith Hart 1971; the informal work is a block market. Though the vast majority of the vendors know the Street Vending business is illegal, but they still engage in Street Vending for their livelihood. Objectives: the researchers study about the socio-economic status of the respondents and about the working patterns of the vendors. Method: there are many Street Vendors working in the Tiruchirappalli Corporation limit, the researchers have to collect primary data through from the respondents in the area of Chattiram bus stand and Palakkarai out of market areas. Hence, the researchers had used convenient sampling method to select 32 respondents for the present study which is in descriptive nature. The findings of this study are elaborated in the full paper. Conclusion: The central and the state governments are trying to amend rules in order to protect the Street Vendors. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) has passed the 2013 Street Vendor’s Bill. This study aims to find out the socio-economic status and their working patterns of their livelihood