MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

READY-MADE CLOTHES

Jalgaon and Amalner had 30 establishments of ready-made clothes at the time of survey. Of the 23 establishments in Amalner. 14 were situated in Ward No. II, five in Ward No. I and two each in Ward Nos. III and IV. In Jalgaon five were situated in Ward No. Y and one each in Ward Nos. III and VIII. The total employment in these shops was 53, of whom seven were paid employee, and the remaining 46 were owners and their family members.

Three samples were chosen for survey from Amalner. They were started between 1941 and 1949. Their main occupation was selling ready-made clothes which provided them employment throughout the year. Two proprietors had raised initial capital from their own resources while one had borrowed the same from the local co-operative bank at 12 1/2 per cent rate of interest.

Two shops bad two sewing machines each and one had three. In addition, each had one or two cupboards and other materials required for sewing. They were situated in rented premises, rent being Rs. 18 and Rs. 24 per month. Their total bill on electricity was Rs. 13 per month. One paid Rs. 2 per month as water tax and the other Rs, 16 per year as municipal tax. The total employment in them was seven persons, out of whom three were paid employees. One of them was paid piece-meal wages and others. were employed on monthly wages, which varied from Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 per month per head.

They purchased cloth from the local market and stitched shirts, pants, half-pants and pyjsmas, etc., and sold them in the local market. Customers of these articles were mostly villagers from surrounding villages. Business was brisk during winter and summer and was reduced to one-third in the rainy season. It was profitable in one shop whose net income was about Rs. 250 to Rs. 300 per month. In others the margin of profit was just enough to maintain the establishments.

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