Founder of NASVI and NIDAN Mr Arbind Singh will speak at the World Economic Forum on India 2012, New Delhi, in the session on Derisking Indian Cities on 8th November 2012 at Leila Kempinski, Gurgaon .The session will focus on new models of governance and servicing fast growing cities along with innovations to address energy ,water […]
It was 1990s… 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, legislation’s and rights based social protection programs for vulnerable urban groups.
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You can’t tell the hardship she faces from her cackle of a laugh. Her face is creased with tiny lines, there’s no hope in her eyes, no twinkle, no spark, certainly no fight. Triveni Devi is verily the face of urban poverty but she manages to laugh at her fate. A vegetable vendor, on a
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For a full description of our Publication Series, please click on link to download “Footpath Ki Aawaaz” in PDF version. Footpath Ki Aawaz December 2020 Issue English Footpath Ki Aawaz October – November 2020 Issue English Footpath Ki Aawaz April – September 2020 Issue English
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Street vending is an important source of livelihood for nearly 2.5% of Indian population. A substantial number of vendors are found in the urban areas. In order to safeguard livelihood and make this profession more profitable and respectable, B.M.C framed a policy for regularizing the vending profession by developing the concept of dedicated vending zones.
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Declaration of the third StreetNet International Congress StreetNet International has held its Third International Congress from 10 – 12 August 2010 in Cotonou, Benin. 78 delegates from 33 of our 35 affiliates mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, representing a paid-up membership of 353 988 assembled for three days to chart the way forward
Things must change as soon as possible The cities and towns in India have come a long way since the time of independence and so is the case with the millions of the poor and vulnerable living or reaching there. The current urban population in the country is estimated at more than 377 million. It
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Program Reports NASVI organized Punjab level ‘Street Vendors Convention’ concludes NASVI Women Street Vendors Convention in Mysore NASVI Women Street Vendors Convention in Tamilnadu NASVI Women Street Vendors Convention in West Bengal NASVI Women Street Vendors Convention in Hyderabad 29 May 2012 Women Vendors Meeting & Delhi State Women Cell Formation Women Vendors Meeting Kanpur
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Policy Issues on Street Vending: An Overview of Studies in Thailand, Cambodia and Mongolia India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors Street Vending in Ten Cities in India Street Vendors and the Dynamics of the Informal Economy:Evidence from Vung Tau, Vietnam BACKGROUND PAPER FOR THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2013 – Urban Informal Workers: Representative Voice
