MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

INTRODUCTION

IN THIS CHAPTER ARE DESCRIBED SOME OF THE OCCUPATIONS which neither come under the purview of the Factory Act nor under the jurisdiction of Shops and Establishments Act. Most of them occupy a prominent position in the present economic system. Their number as well as employment in them have been on the increase since the Second World War. The factors responsible for the growth of these occupations are: growth of population, change in the pattern of living of the people and the ever increasing needs of the people. Their pattern of growth shows the even tenor of the changing requirements of tastes and fashions of the people. For example, new fashions in apparel gave rise to the establishment of a number of readymade clothes' shops. Changes in the food habits have been responsible for the establishment of hotels and restaurants.

A sample survey was conducted in certain selected towns and areas in order to have a broad picture of these occupations in Sangli district. Samples of different sizes and of different income groups from different localities were taken to make them as representative as possible.

The survey covered the following occupations.—tailoring, hair-cutting, pan bidi, preparation of milk and milk products, manufacture of aerated water, laundering, lodging and boarding, cycle repairing, flour-milling, hotelling and restaurants, teaching, fruits selling, rope-making, typing, bucket-making, etc. The survey was conducted at Sangli, Miraj, Tasgaon, Khanapur, Vita, Islampur, Peth and Ashta.

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