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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Bamboo Merchants or

Bamboo Merchants, they are people who are lived in one group. They mainly depend upon the product of forest i.e., bamboo.

Their life depends upon this. The peoples are called as Medar and Girijana. This is belonged to one tribe.

This is brief study of Bamboo Market, Gulbarga.

This is divided into two phase, they are:
About Bamboo
Market.

Objectives :
There are certain objectives to study about the merchants they are:
Those are poor concerns.
Capital utilisation is also less.
In this industry forest product is main source.
This will relate to the peoples of that community. (Medar).
Because the product would use for all the purpose of the human being i.e., when a child born this will used for making the play thing and when he dies that will used for taking body to the place where we has to burn.

These are some objectives.
It is study about human, particularly only one community. (Medar)
This guides us how to run an industry with joint family.
This will spread light on the most of illiterate people who are with to run an industry without any knowledge.

There are certain limitations about the Bamboo Merchants they are:
They operate is very small area.
This industry is not organised one.
There is no rules and regulation to the industry.
There is government restriction to run a business in high-populated area.
There is no any demand for the products, which are going to manufacture by the people of that community.
The people are not literate.

ABOUT BAMBOO
Procurement of Bamboo:
The bamboo are procured from areas of Karwar and Dharwad area, the areas are named as Dhandali, Yellapur, forest region of Karwar and also from some forest areas of Dharwad and Hubli region.

Rates:
Usually the bamboo are procured by Merchants at Gulbarga Rates, the rates are changed frequently like Rs.28.50, 29.00, 28.00 and some time at Rs.30.00 per 10 to 15 feet bamboo.

For cutting purpose the merchants may take contract with some people and given them Rs.3/- to 5/- per bamboo cutting.

Licencing, Legal Problems, Government Restrictions:
Every merchant before doing this business must obtain certificate from Revenue Authority. This certificate is valid for one year.

The merchant take delivery of Bamboo for one year with that certificate and some time the merchants take contract of supplying the bamboo in trucks with some local merchants for selling them in the local market.

There must be some legal problems for this business and there are some rules and regulations. They are as follows:
The merchants should live in one place.
The government should supply the bamboo for only to association not for individuals.
The association must contain the minimum 5 member and maximum no limit.
For taking licence the association should be three years old.
The association must have one president and minimum three members.

Forest Departments:
The department of forest will create many problems when merchants are going to take permission for cutting the bamboo in some selected areas.

Now a days the forest department officials are so corrupt that they take high charges for sanctioning the permit (license).

Some times forest department may stock the lump sum bamboo and create heavy demand and then they market that stock for high rates.

Local Taxes / Sales Taxes:
There are no any local taxes or any sales taxes for this business. Only they (merchants) have to pay some amount for taking licence from forest department and the merchants are going to bear the loading and unloading charges.

Purchase of Bamboo:
The merchants purchase bamboo directly from Government of Karnataka. In Maharashtra, the farmers will grow bamboo and they sell the bamboo directly to the merchants without interference of the government.

The government sell bamboo in reasonable prices to the merchants. In Karnataka many people and their family mainly depends upon the bamboo and all they do some carpentry work. They purchase small and thin bamboo from merchants for Rs.10/- to 15/- and they sell the product for nearly Rs.20/- to 30/-. Some times the products are going to sell in low cost i.e., Rs.7/- to 12/- also.

So, that the people who depend upon these work will remain always poor.

Suggestions for bamboo merchantes :
There are certain suggestions, which I wish to give to the people of that community (Medar) they are:
They operate their business in very large area and in large scale.
All must have some knowledge about the business.
All most do the business of their own nor in joint family, that will increase the wealth of family.
They create an organised industry (Registered).

These are some suggestions to the people who are involved in this industry.

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