Punjab To discuss the issues of the street vendors, Ludhiana Rehri Fadi Federation in collaboration with NASVI organized a state conference in Ludhiana on 4th November, 2014. The state conference was attended by the Mayor and Commissioner of Ludhiana along with 1000 vendors with their leaders from 10 districts of Punjab- Ludhiana, Sangrur, Amritsar, Barnala, […]
New York University, in collaboration with University of Toronto, organized a three-day workshop on deep data collection, regulation and representation on the topic – City food: Lessons from people on move. The workshop was attended by several historians, sociologists, activists, curators, and entrepreneurs etc. NASVI was invited to present the status of regulations in force
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Following Bihar and Odhisa, the state of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh has also promoted their moves in the implementation of the Central Law for Street Vendors by drafting the schemes under Section 38 of the Act. The schemes formulated have been forwarded to the government to get it executed at the earliest for effective implementation
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NASVI supports the street food vendors’ along with other vendors by bringing their issues and challenges before the authorities. The organization undertakes advocacy activities at local and state level. NASVI supports and campaigns for generating awareness among the vendors about their rights and development activities. NASVI influence policy in respect of the livelihood rights of
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National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) in collaboration of the Street Net International hosted the 3rd Asian Regional Workshop, 2014. The meeting of the Asian affiliates was held from 28th to 30th August, 2014 at Hotel The Grand, New Delhi, India. Affiliates from 6 organizations of five Asian countries attended the workshop- KOSK
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PROGRAM MANAGERS Arbind Singh National Coordinator Arbind Singh National Coordinator Mr Arbind Singh is a Social Entrepreneur and Activist working with informal workers in India. A Master degree holder from Delhi School of Economics, Mr Arbind Singh always had a passion to work for the unorganized sectors of India and he initiated the same in
Supreme Court Order- The issues related to street vendor’s rights and privileges are not of a recent concern. It can be dated back to 1980 with matters like Bombay Hawkers Union Vs. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985)3 SCC 528, Sodan Singh Vs. New Delhi Municipal Committee (1989)4 SCC 155, Gainda Ram vs. Municipal Corporation of Delhi
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NAME DESIGNATION MOBILE NO. STATE 1 Ms. Manali Shah PRESIDENT 9825095982 sewaunion@gmail.com GUJARAT 2 Mr. Chandra Prakash Singh VICE PRESIDENT 9334110654 Chandraprakash.intuc@yahoo.com BIHAR 6 Mr. Arbind Singh COORDINATOR 9910306625 arbind@nasvinet.org DELHI 3 Mr. Bhaskar Urs VICE PRESIDENT 9448150309 ursmysore@rediffmail.com KARNATAKA 4 Mr. Shankar Das SECRETARY 9932322342 sbhokbs@gmail.com WEST
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Judgment delivered by the Honorable High Court of Delhi in a matter relating to the arbitrary notice issued by the Municipal Corporations against the cut fruit vendors- By an arbitrary notice issued in the month of April 2014, the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi (East, South and North) prohibited the sale of cut fruits and
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Since its inception, NASVI has built strong organizations of street vendors across Indian cities. NASVI faced wide range of changes in political economy and policy environment in enabling the street vendors their rights and entitlements. Large scale coming together of membership organizations of the poor enabled NASVI to trigger the process of organizing and simultaneously
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