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Border Haats: Local Economic Impact
Prithviraj Nath, CUTS International
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Where: East Khasi Hills District Meghalaya,
India and Sunamgunj District, Bangladesh
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•75 meter x 75 meter. On the “zero-line
•50 sheds for vendors.
•Vendors within 5 km radius from the Haat
•Both INR and Taka is accepted
•Total 50 – 25 from India and 25 from
Bangladesh
•One day in a week
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Border Haat Management Committee:
Border Security Force
Police
Customs
Village/Union Level Local Government
Additional District Magistrate/SDM
Both India and Bangladesh have this Committee
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Total Transactions amounts to anything
between INR 0.3-0.4 million for one day
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Traded Items
Meghalaya
Vegetables,
Fruits
Beetlenut
Bay leaves
Spices
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Bangladesh: cottage industry items
gamchha, lungi, garments, mats
plastic and melamine products
processed food items, juices, agricultural
produce
household tools like spade, axe, plough,
dao, etc
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Benefits Lower price for locals due to lower transaction and
transportation costs
Higher availability of everyday requirements
Income for local vendors
Small time trading opportunities for villages around the area
Development and income from support services like
transport, labour, food stalls,
Formalising of informal trade
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Atiur Rahman, one of the 25 vendors from
Bangladesh
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2 women from the village
of Laal Paani in
Meghalaya.
Bought three water filters
from a Bangladeshi
vendor.
Bought filter for INR 450
each
Which would cost
INR750-800 in Shillong
For their “neighbours”.
Makes good business for
them in their village
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•Rizwan from Narayantala, a Bangladeshi village just 1 km away
•Doesn’t do much on other days since not much of opportunities
•The haat is a new life line for people like him
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•Amal Ghosh from Bangladesh
•Makes INR 1000 each day at the Haat by selling his sweets &
yoghurt
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Haat generates income for transport operators,
support staff , Food vendors (women) and labourers
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Needs
Increasing the days of operation
Bigger area/more sheds
Replicating at other locations
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Potential
High demand for fish, animal products
Regularising small time informal trade
Improving relationship