Lok Sabha Question No. 5056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Strengthening of Street Vending Ecosystem
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MNISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5056 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 25, 2021

## STRENGTHING OF STREET VENDING ECOSYSTEM

NO. 5056.   SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  strengthen  the street vending eco system through provision of micro loans, better infrastructure, access to social security measures;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has maintained any comprehensive structured data on the socio-economic  profile of street vendors;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  surveys  like  the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) to collect data of street vendors to ensure better street vending eco system in the country; and
- (f)
- if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGET) OF THE MNISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)  &  (b):  Yes,  Sir.  Ministry  of  Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched Prime Minister Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi),  a  Central  Sector  Scheme,  on  1st  June,  2020  with  the objective  to  provide  an  affordable  working  capital  loan  up  to  ₹ 10,000/- to the Street Vendors to resume their businesses, adversely affected  due  to  COVID-19  Pandemic.  Till  date,  40.7  lakh  loan applications  have  been  received.  Out  of  these  23.6  lakh  loan applications have been sanctioned and 19.3 lakh loans have been disbursed.

Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  is  also  implementing, through States/Union Territories, 'Support to Urban Street Vendors (SUSV)', as a component of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM),a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.  It  aims  at  addressing  livelihood  concerns  of  the  urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security, etc.Under the Mission, funds are provided to States / Union Territories in a consolidated manner. Out of  the  total  funds  including  the  state  share,  the  States  /  UTs  can spend  upto  5%  of  funds  on  SUSV  component.The  activities  under this  component,  inter-alia,  include  conduct  of  survey,  issue  of Certificate  of  Vending  and  ID  cards,  development  of  vendors' market/vending  zones/information  markets  in  accordance  with  the Town  Vending  Plans  with  infrastructure/civic  facilities  such  as paving, water supply, solid waste disposal, lighting, storage space, parking facilities etc.

Further,  for  holistic  development  and  socio-economic  upliftment, Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  has  launched  a  program  of Socio-economic  profiling  of  PM  SVANidhi  beneficiaries  and  their families in 125 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), selected for saturation in the first phase on 4 th  January, 2021.  This Programme aims to link the  eligible  beneficiaries  to  select  central  Government  welfare Schemes  namely  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima  Yojana,  PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Registration under Building and other Constructions Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act (BOCW), Pradhan Mantri Shram  Yogi Maandhan  Yojana, National Food Security Act (NFSA) portability benefit - One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC), Janani Suraksha Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).

(c) & (d): Yes, Sir. As on date (22 March 2021), the socio-economic profile  of  2.2  lakh  PM  SVANidhi  beneficiaries  along  with  their  3.6 lakh family members is completed and benefits under the Government welfare schemes have been provided to 53,000 beneficiaries.

The details of the programme are available in public domain which can be accessed at https://pmsvanidhi.qcin.org/account/landingpage.

(e)&(f): No, Sir. As per provision of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood  and  Regulation  of  Street  Vending)  Act,  2014,  the  Town Vending Committee shall, within such period and in such manner, as may  be  specified  in  the  scheme,  conduct  a  survey  of  all  existing street vendors, within the area under its jurisdiction, and subsequent survey shall be carried out at least once in every five years.    So  far  55,14,162  street  vendors  have  been  identified  in  35 States/UTs.

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