Soci-Economic Profile Of a Sandwich Seller

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Economics Project- Socio-Economic Profile of a Sandwich Seller Raunak Karwa Roll No- 152 FYBA B Preface Over 90% of the Indian population is employed in the informal sector. For my project I had to interview self-employed businessman. In particular I was supposed to interview sandwich sellers. Sandwich sellers not only provide us with a wholesome meal, but they are also nutritious. I interviewed 5 sandwich sellers, both from North Mumbai as well as from South Mumbai. This gave me a variety in the different prices of the sandwiches as well as a trend in the income of each of them. In my project in particular, I have taken an average, when calculating the income, revenue and expenditure. It would have been next to impossible to take each and every one of them individually, in the number of pages allotted. Therefore in the calculations that I have made for the income, the revenue and the expenditure, I have taken an average of all the costs. This has allowed me to portray the larger picture. When starting the project, I thought a lot whether or not to choose to focus on sandwich sellers from the start or to keep it more general. It made more sense to me, that for the first section, I would focus on Self-Employed Businessman as a whole and as the project progresses bring in more focus on Sandwich Sellers.This would allow me to show what the whole picture is and then talk and analyse Sandwich sellers in particular. This worked very well for me. Economics Project- Self-Employed Businessman- Sandwich Sellers Introduction- The informal sector is filled with self-employed businessman, many who have left their families in their villages and come to Mumbai to make a living, and others who have been forced to bring their families with them. Street chefs have an enormous customer base, not only in Mumbai, but also all over the country. They may

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