Its boom time for traders dealing with campaign material

But with new technology, many small shops have sprung up who use DTP and other methods to print more material at cheaper rates, eating into our pie,” says Majhi.

The story is nearly same for those dealing with mikes and sound systems.

With the ongoing board exams and the restrictions on use of loudspeakers during campaigns, their business has taken a beating.

“Once the exams are over we will receive orders for loudspeakers and mikes,” an upbeat Ranjan Das of Das Sound told PTI.