National Association of Street Vendors of India – NASVI

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 […]

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 […]

Union Minister Ajay Maken takes up the eviction issue with Maharashtra Chief Minister and declares No Eviction till Livelihood Protecting Legislation Gets Enacted by Parliament Mr. Maken also meets NASVI and Azad Hawkers Union representatives in Delhi and Mumbai as well as family members of late Madan Jaiswal who died in eviction drive launched by […]

New Delhi, 1 February: The street vendors agitation in protest against ongoing forced eviction of hawkers in Mumbai and growing police atrocities gained momentum with National Advisory Council(NAC) members, academicians, labour rights activists and street vendors representatives on Friday coming in support of the suffering Mumbai hawkers and demanding immediate intervention of the Union Minister […]

A rally was organized on vendor’s day from bailey road to Patna Municipal Corporation campus. Nearly 700 vendors participated in the rally to demand for early creation of vending zones in Patna and enrollment of street vendors into RSBY. The rally started from Hartali more at 12 Noon .slogans like “vending zone ka nirman jald […]

NASVI hails Justice JS Verma Committee Report that says Street vendors   make city streets safer for communities and pedestrians and they must be encouraged by authorities Anti-police terror campaign launched following death of a hawker in Mumbai during forced eviction by police gains momentum National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) has time and […]

Press Statement Heat of Mumbai hawkers protest reaches national capital with street vendors forming human chain in Delhi demanding institution of murder charge against Mumbai ACP whose terror led to death of a hawker in Mumbai  Agitators demand compensation of Rs. 25 lakh from Maharashtra government to the family of dead street vendor New Delhi, […]

Press Statement Transfer of Mumbai ACP Vasant Dhoble is Hush up exercise Institute murder charge against infamous ACP and give compensation of Rs. 25 lakh to the family of dead street vendor, NASVI demands Street vendors to form human chain in Delhi on 20 January Huge Rally at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on 24 January […]

                                                                                                      Date: 12 .01.2013 Memorandum   To Hon’ble Minister for Home Affairs Government of India   Subject:  Seeking urgent intervention to ensure immediate institution of murder charge against the Mumbai ACP Vasant Dhoble killing street vendor in Mumbai and the compensation of Rs. 25 lakh from the state government to the family of the […]