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New Delhi, May 26, 2025 — In a significant development for the street vendor community of Delhi, Shri Asish Sood, the Urban Development Minister, Delhi, has assured that the government will take concrete steps to address the ongoing evictions of street vendors across the city. The assurance came during a meeting with a delegation from […]

Over the past several weeks, Delhi’s street vendors have found themselves under siege. Bulldozers have arrived without warning, stalls have been razed, and livelihoods—built over decades—have been wiped out in minutes. Since the BJP’s Rekha Gupta assumed office as Chief Minister of Delhi, vendors say evictions have intensified dramatically. According to the National Association of

A delegation of street vendors, led by the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), met with Shri Joginder Singh, Registrar (Law), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today to raise serious concerns over the ongoing eviction drives being carried out against street vendors in Delhi. The delegation highlighted the persistent violation of the Street

‘MCD broke my shed… seized table’: Hundreds of Delhi’s street vendors protest illegal evictions Delhi street vendors allege illegal evictions despite valid vending certificates Street vendors allege evictions despite holding valid certificates E-paper Jansatta

The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), in collaboration with Development Alternatives, organized a day-long workshop on the Street Vendors Act, 2014 and PM SVANidhi scheme at Gayatri Shaktipeeth, Amrud Mandi, near Transport Nagar, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The workshop, held today from 10:30 AM onwards, aimed to sensitize street vendors about their rights

Since the Chief Minister of Delhi announced Safai Abhiyan, the Abhiyan has become Abhishap for the street vendors of Delhi, as continuous evictions are being carried out against them. The controversial part of these drives is that legal Certificate of Vending holders are being ruthlessly removed from their places, and their goods & stalls are

A delegation of NASVI met with Hon’ble Cabinet Minister Shri Chirag Paswan regarding the development in the food processing sector and the invitation for a street vendor forum.

Delhi street vendors to hold Jan Sabha on May 12 against eviction NASVI cries foul over eviction of street vendors Vendors are being evicted and harassed, claims forum दिल्ली की सफाई से लाखों रेहड़ी-पटरी लोगों की जिंदगी पर संकट, सीएम रेखा गुप्ता से लगा रहे गुहार

With the Nasvi-affiliated organisation’s continuous effort, TVC in Kota was formed, and in a further step to it TVC meeting was also held to decide upon the strategy for the development of street vendors.