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Acknowledgment
We would whole-heartedly thank our faculty supervisor, Ms Varsha Gupta and the team of Centre of Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE) NGO who guided us throughout the project and gave us very innovative suggestions which helped us improve our work continuously; without their support the project would not have reached its current state. Our thanks also goes to all those who have directly or indirectly helped us or contributed to the success of this project by providing a wealth of information w h i c h h e l p e d i n o u r p r o j e c t .

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Abstract Executive summary 1.
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7 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3

1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5.

7 Sustainable livelihood ............................................................................................... 3 Centre for urban and regional Excellence ............................................................... 3 8 Taj Ganj Area ............................................................................................................. 4 8 9 Statistics ..................................................................................................................... 4 Livelihood .................................................................................................................. 6 10

2. Scenario at Taj Ganj area ................................................................................................. 6 11 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. Existing skills and products made by them............................................................. 6 11 Supply chain .............................................................................................................. 8 12 Positive aspects and areas of concern...................................................................... 8 12 Open system flow chart



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