Vendors’ markets wore festive look with banners reading catchy slogans Consultation and training of street food vendors on food safety and hygiene held in Delhi In October, thousands of street food vendors under the banner of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) celebrated the World Food Day, the foundation day of the Food […]
Street food vendors celebrated World Food Day in their own style Read More »
More than 500 street food vendors on Monday joined the consultation and mass training program on food safety and hygiene and vowed to build their capacities towards ensuring sustainability of food security, health and nutrition. A large number of livelihood, health, nutrition and development experts including the representatives of World Health Organization, International Labour Organization,
Huge demonstration training of street food vendors in Delhi on 21 October New Delhi, 11 October: Promoting and professionalizing street foods in an era of growing costs of food and widespread debates over the issue of sustainability of formal food distribution system, the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) with support from the
NASVI to celebrate World Food Day across cities in India from 16 to 26 October Read More »
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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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
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
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
Not just Lok Sabha, Supreme Court of India also gives huge relief to street vendors Read More »
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
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
Street vendors up in arms against their eviction in Rajgir (Bihar) and Patiala (Punjab) Read More »
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
