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For Delhi’s street vendors, it’s not business as usual after HC order

For Delhi’s street vendors, it’s not business as usual after HC order

Removal of ‘illegal hawkers’ at Connaught Place has pushed them into distress The removal of “illegal” hawkers and street vendors from Connaught Place market following an order from the Delhi High Court has left many worried about their future. While some attempt to carry out their businesses around Connaught Place, most say they “have nowhere […]

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Delhi’s street vendor survey extended by 2 more months, 71k identified in 1st phase

After several appeals and complaints by the street vendors’ associations and municipal councillors, the survey for identifying street vendors in the national capital has been extended by two more months and it will now end on December 7, 2021. The order issued by the Delhi government’s urban development department said many street vendors, who had

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Vendors’ count by municipal bodies not realistic

Vendors’ count by municipal bodies not realistic

NASVI said that the street vending Act recognizes that 5% of population could be engaged in street vending activities. The National Street Vendors Association of India (NASVI) has alleged several shortcomings in the recently concluded surveys of street vendors by the town vending committees. They said the committees have identified only 71,347 street vendors during

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Preparation to give license to street vendors in Delhi

दिल्ली में स्ट्रीट वेंडरों को लाइसेंस देने की तैयारी दिल्ली में अब स्ट्रीट वेंडर्स (आजीविका संरक्षण और स्ट्रीट वेंडर्स विनियमन) अधिनियम को अमलीजामा पहनाने की तैयारी चल रही है। यह कानून वर्ष 2014 में बना था, लेकिन अब तक इस कानून के तहत स्ट्रीट वेंडरों को मान्यता नहीं दी सकी है। अब जल्द ही इस

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Coal town vending zone construction commences

Permanent site for trading activities to street vendors who face regular displacement threats The district board ground of one of the proposed vending zones in Dhanbad on Wednesday. The Dhanbad Municipal Corporation has initiated the process for rehabilitating street vendors by constructing vending zones to help more than 10,000 such traders who face a perpetual

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Coal town street vendors demand shelters during monsoon

Land dispute and lack of govt nod delays vending zone construction The incessant rains since the last seven days has exposed the failure of the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation in developing vending zones for more than 10 thousand street vendors as they are rather driven away from one place to other in the name of anti

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Dhanbad street vendors struggle to survive during lockdown

Empty fast food carts stand idle in front of the Ozone Galleria Mall at Saraidhela-Govindpur road in Dhanbad on Friday.Gautam Dey The state-wide lockdown has impacted over five thousand roadside fast food sellers across the district, many of whom don’t have ration cards and are thus facing difficulty to manage food grains to survive. Those

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Vendors’ worries mount as weekly markets to close for 6-day lockdown

“We want the government to make serious efforts — such as food vendors should also be included in essential service like vegetable and fruit sellers and Rs 6,000 should be provided to all surveyed dwellers per month, till their livelihood is restored,” said Arbind Singh, National Coordinator, NASVI. New Delhi: The sudden announcement of the

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