Case Report

Inclusive Development through (Informal Sector)

a Case Study of Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nitesh Dogne1
Abstract
The urban informal sector has today become a subject of increasing interest especially in developing
countries like India. The logic of this interest can be attributed partly to the market disillusionment with
the industrial growth experience of these countries in the 1960s and 1970s when contrary to what con-
ventional theorizing had projected industrial growth (i.e. a panacea an open sesame for ailing economies)
high rates of industrial growth were ironically enough, consistent with urban stagnation and poverty.
Instead, the urban informal sector has provided an explanation of how the urban poor manage to service
as the margins of modern economy in a large number of cities and towns, and how the urban poor are
creating an economy which represents an important source of employment and form of production of
goods and services which society needs.

Keywords: Informal Sector, City, Markets, Culture, Participation

Introduction
What is informality? The term informality means different things to different people, but almost always bad things:
unprotected workers, excessive regulation, low productivity, unfair competition, evasion of the rule of law, underpayment
or nonpayment of taxes, and work “underground” or in the shadows.1

Labor: workers, particularly the old and young, who would prefer a job with standard labor protections, but are unable
to get one.2

Microforms: micro entrepreneurs with no intention of or potential for growing, and hence no intention of engaging
the institutions of civil society.3

Informality and the relationship between the individual and the state Implicit in each of the examples above is a
relationship between the individual or firm and the state. Economic theory posits a legitimate role of the state in
a number of areas. The state redresses coordination failures in the provision of public goods and in the prevention
of social bads (such as pollution). Further, it fills in missing markets establishing courts, property rights, risk-pooling
mechanisms—and sets the rules in the modern economy. Finally, it concerns itself with distributional issues and power
asymmetries redistributing from rich to poor, ensuring that labor– capital relationships are not too one-sided or that
no firm or group of firms gains too much economic power, and that all citizens receive equal treatment regarding the
provision of key services.4

Case Study
Vidisha is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, located near the state capital Bhopal. Vidisha is the administrative
headquarters of Bhelsa during the medieval period. Vidisha is located at 23.53°N 77.82°E. It has an average elevation
of 424 meters (1391 feet).

Scholar, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India.

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E-mail Id: nitesh.arch@gmail.com

Orcid Id: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6903-8005

How to cite this article: Dogne N. Inclusive Development through (Informal Sector) a Case Study of Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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As of 2011  India  census,  Vidisha had a population of
155,959. Males constitute 53.21% of the population and
females 46.79%. Vidisha has an average literacy rate of
86.88%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male
literacy is 92.29%, and female literacy is 80.98%. In Vidisha,
15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Vidisha is a historically significant and a culturally rich
city. It is recommended for ethnic culture, floral fauna,
religious sites and relics. Thus, people are to devote time
to preserve and enrich their musical heritage, dance styles,
festivals, arts and crafts- all the embodiments of culture
of Vidisha attributed to Royal sagas and tribal tradition.
Term “informal sector” has been used to describe a wide
spectrum of activities, which do not necessarily have much
in common. Often the term is used to refer to economic
activities that take place outside a given recognized and
legal institutional framework
The area near railway station which was once for formal
shops is now changed into a hawker zone. The complete
street is now vendor’s zone encroaching the ROW of the
road. It has now become a famous market and hence it
is required that government should take steps to declare
the street as a pedestrian street and give proper space
and infrastructure to these hawkers.
When we touch informal sector in Vidisha the first
image comes to mind is History of Vidisha in terms
of Development, Culture, and trend. Vidisha is well
connecting History, Agriculture Fig. 1, 2.

Figure 1.City v/c Agriculture

Figure 2.History of Vidisha

In Vidisha inclusive development our informal sector part Case 1 – a Woman selling on street the Vegetables and
is major role in terms of economic, local available material Fruits. She has no knowledge of Business (MBA), but her
of history, women involve in informal sector. business knowledge is appreciating by people Fig 3.

Figure 3.Women selling vegetable (part of informal sector)

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Case 2 – in Vidisha the informal sector in well-connected Dewas, Sagar, Damoh, Tikamgarh, Khandwa, Khargone,
in inclusive development Jabalpur, Vidisha, Burahanpur, Raisan and Hoshangabaad.
The membership of SEWA-M.P. was 6,00,950 women
• In city like Vidisha population less than 2lack. A woman workers from informal sector in 2013.
in informal sector shows power and awareness of city
which is economic balance. The members are:
• In Vidisha people don’t have service opportunity so
people connect the informal sector • Beedi workers
• Incense stick rollers
Due to some political interference some policy is not • Street vendors
implemented. • Tendu leaf pluckers
• Forest Workers
SEWA involve in Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh • Construction workers
• Domestic workers
SEWA M.P. has its headquarters in Indore in M.P. It is • Stitching and smocking workers
working in 19 districts of the state. The districts are Indore, • Agricultural workers and other petty workers
Bhopal, Dhar, Jhabua, Ujjain, Shajapur, Sinhore, Ratlam,

Figure 4 Informal sectors at Vidisha (Hand cart shop)

Figure 5.Present picture near at Bus station

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Figure 6.Sketch near at Bus station

Case 3- In my observation I personally observe one area Resources/CH1.pdf
one which is near at Railway station. 2. Literature and Data Primary survey, Vidisha, Madhya
Pradesh. 2016.
Current use: Unauthorized 3. All Sketch by SPA, New Delhi Urban Design 2nd year
Authority: Local Government Students 2015-17 batch.
Proposal: informal Market 4. All Photo by Authors Click October 2016.
5. The informal sector: what is it, why do we care, and
Reference how do we measure it? Available from: http://sitere-
sources.worldbank.org/INTLAC/Resources/CH1.pdf.
1. 1,2,3,4 http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAC/

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