MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

MANUTACTURE OF AERATED WATERS

Establishments manufacturing aerated waters are of recent origin in The district and are mainly located at Wardha town and other places such as Arvi, Pulgaon, Hinganghat, Ashti etc. The business is strictly confined to the summer season especially from February to June. Their production consists of soft drinks such as soda, orange, raspberry, pineapple, lemonade, etc. The drinks are sold to hotels, restaurants more or less on a wholesale basis and directly to the customers visiting the shops.

The tools and equipment required for these establishments consist of soda fountains, soda-bottles, glasses, soda-making machines, gas-cylinders, ice-boxes, etc., while the raw materials are milk, sugar, salt, ice, saw dust, colours, essences and preservatives. Except essences and preservatives which are usually purchased from Bombay and Nagpur, all other raw materials are locally available. A fairly big size establishment has equipment worth Rs. 1,500. For the rest of them it varies between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 5,000. The working capital required for purchasing raw materials, making payments to the salaried staff, electricity charges, water rates, renewal licence fee etc., in case of the medium sized establishment and big establishment varies from Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 1,500 per month.

Most of the establishments surveyed are located in rented premises, the rent ranging between Rs. 30 and Rs. 60 per month. The employment of labour varied from one to six excluding proprietary staff and wages paid to them varied between Rs. 40 and Rs. 70 per month. The net earnings of a fairly big establishment amount to Rs. 1,050 per month in the brisk season whereas the same for other establishments vary between Rs. 50 and Rs. 300 per month.

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