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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS
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REPAIRING OF RADIOS AND WATCHES
The use of radios, and watches has increased immensely during the last two decades, and they are today not considered as items of luxury. The emergence of a number of shops undertaking repairs of such articles is, therefore, most natural. The establishments doing this work are generally small in size. However their size had no relation to their earning capacity. Watch-repairing shops were found at Buldhana, Shegaon and Malkapur in the district.
The tools and appliances used by these shops are numerous and are obtainable only at a high price. The shops also require costly spare parts. They employed technical and skilled personnel to carry out the repairing work. Some shops carried on business on a proprietary basis, the owner doing the work of repairing etc. As the performance of these jobs required skill, the charges were also high.
The earnings of the watch-repairing shops ranged between Rs. 100 and Rs. 300 per month.
Some of the shop-owners also undertook sale of new and second-hand watches in addition to the repairing services.
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