The National Association of Street Vendors of India received a letter from the government of India, directing the Additional Chief Secretary (UD), Department of Urban Development, Government of NCT, Delhi to take appropriate action to protect the street vendors of Manglapuri with the provision of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of street […]
Traditional analog weighing scales are subjected to many errors, and when the neighbourhood vegetable vendor is seen using the same, customers generally do not put trust in them. Hence to ensure accurate measurements and reinstate customer confidence in the street vendors, NASVI is raising funds to distribute digital weighing machines. By embracing digital weighing machines, street vendors
Every monsoon, the North East faces the onslaught of flash floods by incessant rainfall and July 2024 is no different. In Assam alone, the flood has affected 24 lakh people across 30 districts. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, major rivers in the state are still flowing above the danger level. Kamrup, Dhubri, Goalpara,
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Finally, the state government and municipal corporations are offering incentives through PM SVANidhi for the street vendors. NASVI attended the event, where discussions centered around enhancing support mechanisms for street vendors. Nasvi’s demand is that such incentives encourage them to work better and that in the future, this award should also be linked to the
Street Vendors of Janakpuri were getting evicted from their place of vending. Municipal corporation authorities were evicting the street vendors from their places and authorities were seizing their goods. In the last TVC Meeting, it was notified to allocate the space in the 64 vending zone to the registered street vendors and unfortunately, that has
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After the horrendous decision of MCD declaring street vendors as mobile vendors and not allowing them to vend at their place for more than 30 minutes, NASVI wrote a letter to the MCD Commissioner, Mayor & Deputy Mayor to make their stand clear for street vendors in Delhi. On one hand, MCD is deliberately delaying
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On 28th June, The Union Health Ministry on Friday launched three initiatives among which was the launch of the spot food license initiative a ground-breaking new functionality for the instant issuance of licenses and registrations through the Food Safety and Compliance System (FoSCoS). Executive Member Kanchan Devi got the opportunity to represent the street vendors
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