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Holding Hands Together for Better Life of Street Vendors in Asia

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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 […]

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Stop Anti- Poor Terror in Uttar Pradesh – Withdraw Anti – Vendor Order of Urban Development Special Secretary

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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

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Legislative Developments in favour of Street Vendors: Remembering the Struggles and Celebrating the Gains

Development politics aiming to empower working poor must take center stage in India Eminent jurists, administrators, labour experts and development activists on 30 September in Patna averred that the development politics aiming to empower the working poor needs to take center stage in India. They maintained that the success of any policy or law depend

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Not just Lok Sabha, Supreme Court of India also gives huge relief to street vendors

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Supreme Court directs all state governments and UT administrators to ensure formation of Town Vending Committee within two months and registration of all street vendors within four months NASVI demands of state governments and UT administrators to start working on Supreme Court’s directions The recent legislative development in the Lok Sabha which passed the Street

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Street vendors’ rights movement reaches new milestone as Lok Sabha passes Street Vendors Bill

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Years long struggle of street vendors for secured and dignified livelihood and sustained engagement of the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) with the government finally yielded result on 6 September, 2013 with the Lok Sabha passing the much awaited Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill. The Bill

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Street vendors up in arms against their eviction in Rajgir (Bihar) and Patiala (Punjab)

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All tall claims of pro-poor good governance and inclusive development seem to fall flat in Bihar and Punjab with a large population of street vendors in both the states remains insecure and marginalized. Two years back, the Bihar government announced to create vending zones at all urban centers, but not a single vending zone has

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Delhi Food Safety Department to develop eight safe street food zones in city on pilot basis

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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India engages with NASVI in systematizing and professionalizing street foods The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has started engaging with the National Association of Street Vendors of India in systematizing and professionalizing street foods across cities in the wider interests of ensuring public health and protecting

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Taking up issues of street vendors of Uttar Pradesh with state urban development minister

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Though the Government of Uttar Pradesh had responded well to the 2004 National Policy for Street Vendors and come up with State Rules to protect the livelihood of street vendors in 2007, but in reality the implementation has been very dismal in the state. The notified Rules abolished the infamous contract system. However, the system

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Street vendors intensify campaign for passage of Street Vendors Bill in monsoon session of parliament

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Inclusive development politics needs to take center stage in India Series of campaigns and advocacy interventions of the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and its affiliates had led to significant development on 1 May, 2013 when the union cabinet of the government of India approved the revised Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood

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Professionalizing Street Food and Creating New Possibilities

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Country needs to tap huge potentials of street food vending sector for employment generation, food and health security and growth of tourism, street food advocacy activists, food, health and nutrition experts and social entrepreneurs assert The street food advocacy campaign gained momentum on Thursday with street food representatives, food, health and nutrition experts and social

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