Women Vendors in Urban Informal Sector

The status of women is an index of socioeconomic and cultural achievements in a country. Petty trading is one of the most rapidly growing economic activities in the Indian urban economy, during the past few decades. Petty traders can be divided into three categories i.e., 'street vendors', 'small petty vendors' and 'petty vendors'. Against the background an attempt has been made to study the functioning of three categories, in two different types of activities, i.e. 'fish vending' and 'vegetable vending' in Visakhapatnam city. One main objective of this study is to analyze the profits.