Entrepreneurs from Asia's Largest Slum-Dharavi
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siliconindia | Thursday, 24 May 2012, 09:26 Hrs
2. Shaikh Mobin and his Million Dollar Shanty
The dwelling of Shaikh Mobn is semi-demolished four storey building that homes multiple factories. Hundreds of men and women work for manufacturing groups on different floors of this house that surely needs some mending to be done. Outside the oversight of the government layers of this building employ workers to manufacture and repair furniture, stitch jeans, blouses and many fashionable clothes. "Economic opportunity in India still lies, to a large extent, in urban areas. The problem is that government hasn't provided easy channels to be employed in the formal sector. So the informal sector is where the activity lies," said Eswar Prasad, a leading economist.

