Glossary of Indian economic terms

Glossary of Indian economic terms

This page describes economic and trade related terms and jargon used or originated in India.

Occupations

* Asami : cultivator or tenant OR CLIENT (LEGAL USE)
* Bania : merchant, banker engaging in traditional money lending or money-changer.In a deragotary sense, also used to refer to a sub-caste,referring to peoples of North and West India
* Baluta : village servant
* Bhumihar : Landed aristocracy, Landlords, a term that is commonly used to refer the 'upper-castes'of the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India


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