Lok Sabha Question No. 2710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Facilities to Street Vendors
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2710 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 22, 2022

## FACILITIES TO STREET VENDORS

NO. 2710.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- a) the list of urban vendors provided with identity cards in the year 202122, under National Urban  Livelihoods Mission (NULM),  State  and district-wise;
- b) the list and the details regarding the proposed projects for infrastructure development of vending zones in the country, State and district-wise;
- c) the  status  of  projects  sanctioned,  type  of  projects,  cost  incurred, deadlines and the reasons for delay, if any;
- d) the list of areas in which training programmes and sessions on financial literacy  for  street  vendors  have  been  conducted  during  the  last  six years, year and State-wise;
- e) the  number  of  street  vendors  in  Andhra  Pradesh  trained  under  the programmes and sessions on financial literacy for street vendors since 2013, district-wise; and
- f) the number of street vendors who gained access to credit, under Self Employment  Programme-  Individual  Enterprises  (SEP-I)  component  of NULM, district-wise?

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a): The Support to Urban Street Vendor (SUSV), one of the component of  the  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NULM),  complements  the  implementation  of  the Street  Vendors  (Protection  of  Livelihood  and  Regulation  of  Street Vending)  Act,  2014by  the  States  /  Union  Territories  (UTs).  Under SUSV, financial support is being provided, inter-alia, for identification  of  street  vendors,  issuance  of  Identity  Cards  and development of vending infrastructure etc.

District-wise  information  of  street  vendors  provided  with  identity cards  is  not  maintained  at  the  level  of  Ministry  of  Housing  and Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA).  However,  State/UT-wise  information,  as received from States/UTsfor year 2021-22, is at Annexure-I.

- (b)  &  (c):  The  Street  Vendors  Act  is  being  implemented by  respective States/UTs by framing Rules, Scheme, Bye-laws and Plans for street vending as per provisions of the Act. As per, Section 21(1)  of the Act,  every  local  authority  shall,  in  consultation  with  the  planning authority  and  on  the  recommendations  of  the  Town  Vending Committee, once in every five years, prepare a plan to promote the vocation  of  street  vendors  covering  the  matters which  includes determines  of  vending  zones  as  restriction-free-vending  zones, restricted  vending  zones  and  no-vending  zones  based  on  local conditions in their respective jurisdictions. As reported by States/UTs, a total of 13,403 vending zones have been identified as on 30.11.2022.
- (d) & (e): The guidelines of SUSVprescribe thatUrban Local Body (ULB) will organize sessions on financial literacy for identified street vendors with support of resource organization and field staff. The details of such sessions is not maintained at the level of MoHUA.

MoHUA is implementing Central Sector Scheme PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme since June 01, 2020 to facilitate collateral free working capital loan, to street vendors to restart their businesses adversely impacted due to Covid-19 pandemic. Digital integration of beneficiaries is an integral component  of  the  Scheme.  Beneficiaries  are  trained  in  debit  and credit transactions within a week of loan disbursement by the Bank branches.  To  provide  further  impetus  to  it,  'Main  Bhi  Digital' campaign has been organized thrice i.e. from January 4 to February 28,  2021, July  1  to  August  15,  2021  and  from  September  9  to November 30, 2021.

To honor the contribution of street vendors towards Indian economy  and  include  them  in  the  celebrations  of  Azadi  ka  Amrit Mahotsav - India's 75 th  year of Independence, 'SVANidhi Mahotsav' was  organized  from  09  July  to  31  July  2022  across  75  cities  of India. More than 50,000 street vendors were imparted with digital trainings, during the Mahotsav.

- (f): Self Employment Programme (SEP), a component under DAY-NULM, focuses on financial assistance to individuals / groups of urban poor for  setting  up  gainful  self-employment  ventures/  micro-enterprise, suited to their skills, training, aptitude and  local conditions. Individual Micro-Enterprises and Group Enterprises are eligible for Bank loans upto ₹2 Lakh and ₹10 Lakh, respectively. Linking of Self Help  Groups  (SHGs)  with  banks  has  been  emphasized  under  the Mission. Interest subsidy, over and above 7% rate of interest is paid to beneficiaries. Further, an additional 3 percent interest subvention  is  being  provided  to  all  Women  SHGs  who  repay  their loan in time.

District-wise  information  of  Street  vendors  who  received  credit linkage  under  SEP  is  not  maintained  at  the  level  of  MoHUA. However, State/UT-wise information as received from States/UTs is at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  of  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2710  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  DECEMBER  22, 2022.

## STATE / UT-WISE NUMBER OF STREET VENDORS PROVIDED WITH IDENTITY CARDS DURING YEAR 2021-22

| S. No.             | State/Union Territory     | No. of Street vendors   |
|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1                  | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 670                     |
| 2                  | Andhra Pradesh            | 7,590                   |
| 3 Assam            |                           | 513                     |
| 4                  | Bihar                     | 35,185                  |
| Chhattisgarh       | 5                         | 1,367                   |
| 6                  | Haryana                   | 5,621                   |
| 7 Himachal Pradesh | 91                        |                         |
| 8 Jammu & Kashmir  | 499                       |                         |
| 9                  | Jharkhand                 | 1,495                   |
| 10                 | Karnataka                 | 8,023                   |
| 11                 | Kerala                    | 3,642                   |
| 12 Madhya Pradesh  |                           | 1,65,658                |
| 13                 | Maharashtra               | 3,033                   |
| 14                 | Manipur                   | 6,273                   |
| 15 Meghalaya       |                           | 30                      |
| 16                 | Nagaland                  | 47                      |
| 17 NCT of          | Delhi                     | 56,422                  |
| 18                 | Odisha                    | 2,417                   |
| 19                 | Punjab                    | 2,118                   |
| 20                 | Rajasthan                 | 3,236                   |
| 21                 | Tamil Nadu                | 693                     |
| 22                 | Telangana                 | 43,162                  |
| 23                 | Uttar Pradesh             | 29,785                  |
| 24                 | Uttarakhand               | 3                       |
|                    | Total                     | 3,77,573                |

ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  of  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2710  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  DECEMBER  22, 2022.

STATE  /  UT-WISE  NUMBER  OF  STREET  VENDORS  RECEIVED  CREDIT LINKAGE UNDER SELF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME (SEP) FROM01.04.2014 TO 14.12.2022

| S. No. States/UTs   | Nos. of Street Vendors   |
|---------------------|--------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    | 4,099                    |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 17                       |
| 3 Assam             | 26                       |
| 4 Bihar             | 349                      |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 403                      |
| 6 Delhi             | 6                        |
| 7 Gujarat           | 366                      |
| 8 Haryana           | 4                        |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh  | 77                       |
| 10 Jammu & Kashmir  | 4                        |
| 11 Jharkhand        | 297                      |
| 12 Karnataka        | 181                      |
| 13 Kerala           | 171                      |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh   | 3,235                    |
| 15 Maharashtra      | 1,846                    |
| 16 Meghalaya        | 1                        |
| 17 Mizoram          | 17                       |
| 18 Nagaland         | 1                        |
| 19 Odisha           | 121                      |
| 20 Punjab           | 7                        |
| 21 Rajasthan        | 209                      |
| 22 Tamil Nadu       | 5,157                    |
| 23 Telangana        | 855                      |
| 24 Tripura          | 60                       |
| 25 Uttar Pradesh    | 41                       |
| 26 Uttarakhand      | 27                       |
| 27 West Bengal      | 19                       |
| 28 Puducherry       | 4                        |
| Total               | 17,600                   |