Lok Sabha Question No. 494 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Schemes for Street Vendors
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 494 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 04, 2021 SCHEMES FOR STREET VENDORS

NO. 494 SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- a) whether  the  Government  has  launched  schemes  targeting  the welfare of street vendors;
2. b)
3. c)
4. if so, the details thereof;
5. the quantum of budget allocated and utilised in such schemes;
- d) the number of street vendors benefited under the schemes till now;
- e) whether  the  Union  Government  has  partnered  with  the  States, including the State of Rajasthan, or local Governments or NGOs to implement/support the scheme; and
- f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  details  on  the  nature  and financial aspect of the partnerships?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a)to(c): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing a Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme,  namely,  'Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-  National  Urban  Livelihood  Mission'  (DAY-NULM)to remove  poverty  and  vulnerability  of  urban  poor  households. The  Support  to  Urban  Street  Vendors  (SUSV)  component  of the  Mission  aims  at  addressing  livelihood  concerns  of  the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security, etc.

Ministry has launched, on June 01, 2020, the Prime Minister Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme to facilitate collateral free working capital loans up to ₹10,000 of  1  year  tenure,  to  about  50  lakh  street  vendors  to  restart their  business.  It  provides  for  incentives  in  the  form  of interest subsidy @ 7% per annum on regular repayment of loan

and  cash-back  up  to  ₹1,200  per  annum  on  undertaking prescribed  digital  transactions.  'Letter  of  Recommendation' (LoR) issued under the Scheme enablesthose Street vendors, who were either left out of the Survey or had started vending after  completion  of  the  survey  or  are  from  rural  /  peri-urban areas  but  vend  in  the  urban  areas,  to  avail  the  Scheme benefits.  Socio-economic  profiling  of  beneficiaries  and  their families  has  been  launched  to  determine  their  eligibility  for various  government  welfare  schemes  and  to  assist  them  in getting benefit of these schemes. Ministry is also facilitating

Street Food Vendors to on-board e-commerce platforms.

Under DAY-NULM, funds released since FY 201415is ₹3,487.32 Cr.The approved outlay for PM

SVANidhi scheme is ₹600 Cr. Out of this ₹66.56 Cr. has been utilized.

- (d) Under the DAY-NULM, more than 42 lakh street vendors have been  identified,as  reported  by  States/  UTs.  Out  of  these, Certificates of Vending (CoVs) have been issued to over 21.7 lakh  street  vendors  and  ID  Cards  have  issued  to  over  24.4 lakh street vendors.

Under PM  SVANidhi  Scheme  more  than  33.7 lakh loan applications  have  been  receivedas  on  31.01.2021.  Out  of these,  over  18.4  lakh  loanshave  been  sanctioned  and  over 13.8 lakhloans have been disbursed.

- (e)&(f):   The DAY-NULM is implemented across the country, including Rajasthan, throughthe 3 tier Mission Management Units i.e. at the National, State and Urban Local Body (ULB) level.

The Small Industries Development Bank (SIDBI) is the implementation partner for the PM SVANidhi, a Central Sector Scheme.ULBs and Lending Institutions play an important role in identification of Street Vendors and disbursement of loans to them.

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