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Nahim Iqbal, (14) has been selling fruits near the Escorts hospital (south Delhi), for six months now. He left his school and came to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh to sell fruits. He earns around 3,000 rs per month.

In India, though the mall culture has reached new heights but then too the street vendors of the country have managed to save their place. Initially only the grown up men used to wander in the streets to sell things and food items and earn a living. but the Wholesale Price Index had risen above 11% – its highest rate in 13 years. More than a 6% spike over the previous year and almost three times the RBI’s target of 4.1%. Today, the growing inflation rate has even forced children to take up the profession and earn bread and butter for their families. When ideally they should be going to school, they are actually yelling in the streets to sell their products.