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to work in distant lands or to serve in the army. As a consequence of the system, women had to support their households by cultivating their fields or weaving textiles and then selling the products on improvised markets. The improvised markets led to the formation of the organized Ima
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at the time of construction in 2010. There is a licensing system in place for vendors with stalls. The market houses around 5000–6000 women vendors at any given day. As of 2017, the vendors at the market make an annual profit between ₹73,000 and ₹200,000. The annual turnover of the market was
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of all the vendors of the market. It maintains a custom of only allowing women who have been married at least once to set up stalls. The women vendors include those who are divorced or have been widowed in the
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arrangement market to the east of the main buildings. In order to set up stalls in the main buildings of the market, an annual municipal fees is levied. The fee of a 16 square feet (1.5 m) stall was
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has announced that the male shopkeepers and vendors will be punished if their shops and vendors are found inside the market. It is a commercial center and a popular tourist attraction in the state of
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styled roofs. The market is split into two sections on either side of the road. Two buildings are located to the north of the main road and one to the south.
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The Ima market or Ima keithel is a unique marketplace exclusively run by women.
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967:"Manipur's historic women's only market damaged in earthquake"
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forum visited the Ima Market. One of the delegates said,
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Different scenes of the Ima Keithel (Mothers' Market) of
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1359:"India's 'market of mothers'"
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