The bench was hearing a petition by shop owners in the area seeking directions to ensure that illegal hawking, squatting, and vending activities be removed permanently.
The PM Street Vendor's Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme was launched on June 1 to help street vendors resume their livelihood activities.
Street vendors, who don't have identity cards or certificates of vending, will now be able to avail benefits under the PM SVANidhi scheme as the Centre on Friday launched the 'Letter of Recommendation module' through which they can get loans of up to Rs 10,000.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a Rs 5000 crore Special Credit Facility for street vendors. The government will launch a special scheme within a month to facilitate easy access to credit to street vendors.
For this CSR initiative 'Serve Safe Food' in Assam, the company has tied up with the Department of Health and Family Welfare of the state government and National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI).
"Delhi will become the first state to implement the Act. Under it, 28 town vending committees have been set up and a notification has been issued. The election for the committees too, have been done" he said.
The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government to consider grievances of street vendors in the national capital while re-visiting the rules and schemes meant to regulate their activities.
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met street vendors in the Raghubir Nagar area of Delhi."The vendors called me saying that they don't have enough facilities,” Rahul said, adding that ‘the poor workers
New Delhi: Delhi Police has decided to use hawkers and street vendors as their eyes and ears in the run up to Republic Day celebrations during which U.S. President Barack Obama will be the Chief
New Delhi: A large number of street vendors today went to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's residence to thank him for getting the Street Vendors Protection Bill passed by Parliament.Addressing them, Rahul Gandhi said, it's not
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha today passed by voice vote, with no opposition, the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2014. The bill seeks to provide protection of livelihoods rights,
New Delhi, Aug 17: A bill which seeks to protect street vendors against harassment and regulate their activities in public areas today received the nod of the government.A meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by
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