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[Guest post by Tapas Mitra in Bhopal] Street vendors and service providers form a significant visual aspect of the Indian urban landscape. The diversity of trades and services provided is immense and though the entire sector is technically classified under ‘urban informal’, they provide significant contribution to the country’s economy. Seen in residential areas, central business districts and along movement corridors, the vendors are primarily independent traders and/or specialised in certain services. Each holiday or ‘absence’ from work cost them their day’s income. The government tries to mainstream this sector but the nature of the ‘informal’ cannot perhaps be captured within the formal economic order. The fruit seller (top) sources […]