National Association of Street Vendors of India – NASVI

NASVI Welcomes this ACT says has potential to change the face of Indian Cities NASVI welcomed the historic Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014 which came into force on May 1st. This is first of its kind in the world and in human history. A ground-breaking Street Vendors (Protection […]

Wide ranging changes in political economy and policy environment in 1990s posed several challenges. One of such challenges was countering the growing marginalization of urban poor like street vendors and struggling as well as advocating with governance institutions demanding effective policy, legislations and rights based social protection programs for vulnerable urban groups. NASVI began its […]

Street vendors protest at BJP central office in Delhi Main entrance of BJP central office remained jammed for hours Similar protests in other cities Angry street vendors shout, “Chai Chai Bolte Ho, Chai wale and Rehri Wale ke Pet Par Laat Marte Ho” The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday faced wrath of angry street […]

Chief Judge:  Culinary hero and celebrity chef Kunal Kapur Date & Time: 21st December 2013 – Saturday – 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Food without Fire Criteria – Age – 08yrs -16yrs Early Bird Registration: 25 Participants Max Note: Please bring cooked food without fire from your home, which you need to decorate, assemble and […]

CULINARY ENTREPRENUERS ON STREETS IN INDIA The Street Food Festival of 2013 is the third edition of Street Food Festival organized by the National Association of Street Vendors of India(NASVI).What began as an internal event of NASVI where street food vendors served different recipes to delegates in the Annual General Meetings has metamorphosed into a […]

Coming awesome culinary delight in winter NASVI to organize grand Street Food Festival in Delhi from 25 to 28 December  New Delhi, 13 November: Promoting, professionalizing and branding street foods in its own master style, the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) on Wednesday announced to organize a grand Street Food Festival at […]

Lucknow street vendors put stiff resistance to eviction drive Perturbed over the continuous eviction carried out by the municipal corporation and the police, more than one thousand street vendors of GP Road, Mandir Road and Aminabad Park road of Aminabad ward of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh put up a brave resistance to the municipal authorities […]

Annual turnover reaches to 1.5 crore, target set to cross 5 crore in coming three years As much trumpeted financial inclusion programs and schemes of the government and the formal banking institutions fail to reach to the informal workers, thousands of working poor of informal sector have embarked on a collective journey for betterment of […]

StreetNet International and South Korean delegations visit NASVI and vendor markets in Delhi In September, two  international delegations, one from the StreetNet International comprising of StreetNet chief Pat Horn and StreetNet Europe and Asia organizer Oksana Abboud and another from South Korea comprising of  25 young professionals led by Young Davidly  visited NASVI office  and […]

 NASVI strongly protests the 11 September anti-vendor order given by the special secretary of the urban development department of Uttar Pradesh government and demands immediate withdrawal of the order. The order directs district magistrates to ensure eviction of street vendors.  Describing the order as ‘contempt of  the 9 September Supreme Court  order which mandate no […]