Over 20 lakh street vendors have applied for interest-free loans of Rs 10,000 each as working capital under the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi). They were among the hardest hit by the Covid lockdown. And now, many of them are hoping that a special loan scheme rolled out by the government will […]
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There are an estimated 50-60 lakh street vendors in India, with the largest concentrations in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad. Most of them are migrants who typically work for 10–12 hours every day on average. On Tuesday (October 27), Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through video conferencing, distributed loans to nearly 300,000 street vendors
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It is said Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself wanted to get the mapping of street vendors and hawkers done so that no one remained outside the welfare ecosystem of the Modi government. In a new scheme called the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), the central government is extending Rs 10,000 loan as
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NASVI and Nikhil Utkal Khudra Byabasai Mahasangh organised Digital and Physical City Level meeting in Bhubaneswar.Dy. Commissioner Ansuman Rath (Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation) Inaugurated the meeting. Maheswar Bal – President – NASVI ODISHA, Umanath Mishra – Advisor NUKBM & President of Maa Khanduali Uttha Byabasai Sangha, Subhransu Patnaik, Pramod Mohapatra, Manoj Swain, Dhirendra Swain, Manmohan Panda
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Mr. Gurunath Sawant has been working in the social sector for the last 10 years. He has completed a Master Degree in Political Science from University of Mumbai in 2004. He also completed PG Diploma in Journalism from Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh. In NASVI he is responsible for coordinating with Government Departments, Local Self-Bodies and
Wajiha Aziz – Program Manager Her responsibilities include State Level Advocacy, City level meetings/ Leadership Promotion and Repo building at state Level. She is also responsible for facilitation in organizing and mobilizing street vendors organization as well as other informal workers for their right to livelihood and Social protection; Liaison with different Ministries such as
Program Manager, Patna, Bihar Shyam shanker Deepak has been working in NASVI. Shyam shanker Deepak completed MBAUtta Pradesh technical university. Shyam Shanker Deepak, Program Manager His Responsibility: Promote formation of street vendors Federations in Bihar, Facilitate the process of registration of the town and state level Federations under a suitable Act/legal instrument, Nurture leadership abilities
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City Manager, Bhagalpur, Bihar Rajeev Kumar has been working with NASVI as City Manager. Rajeev holds Masters degree from Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. His responsibility: Facilitate in organising and Mobilising of street vendors into market committee, City level federation and then cooperative, Responsibility to implement SV Act 2014 and Rules 2017 in their Municipal
Coordinator – Street Food Program Responsible for coordinating street food vendors for street food program. She is responsible for Trainings like The Street Vendors Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act 2014, National Policy on Street vendors. Email: siya@nasvinet.org
