The Problems of Women Retail Vendors of Perishable Agro Products in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra

Street vendors have been in existence since ancient times. In all civilisations, ancient and medieval, one reads accounts of travelling merchants who not only sold their wares in the town by going from house to house but they also traded in neighbouring countries. Perhaps ancient and medieval civilisations were tolerant to these wandering traders and that is why they flourished. In modern times, we find that street vendors are rarely treated with the same measure of dignity and tolerance.