Lok Sabha Question No. 1441 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Implementation of Street Vendors Act
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1441

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 15, 2022

IMPLEMENTATION OF STREET VENDORS ACT

NO. 1441:  PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

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

- a) the current status of implementation of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 during the last five years;
- b) the measures taken by the Government to protect the rights of urban street vendors in the country;
- c) the number of beneficiaries benefited under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), in  respect  of  providing  finance,  training  and  skill  development  for street vendors during the last three years, State-wise; and
- d) whether  advisories  have  been  issued  to  the  States/UTs  for  the implementation of the scheme for the urban street vendors and if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a):   The  Street  Vendors  (Protection  of  Livelihood  and  Regulation  of Street Vending) Act, 2014 is implemented by respective States/ Union Territories (UTs) by framing their respective Rules, Scheme, Bye-laws and Plans for street vending. Rules and Schemes under the Act have been  notified  by  all  States/  UTs.  Meghalaya  has  notified  Rules  and Scheme under its State Act. Under the Act, Certificates of Vending (CoVs)  have  been  issued  to  over  32.07  lakh  street  vendors  and  ID Cards have issued to over 28.06 lakh street vendors as on 30.11.2022.

- (b):  Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) draws attention of the States/UTs on implementation of various provisions of the Act by way of issue of letters / circulars and conducting reviews for monitoring progress.
- (c):  Urban  poor,  including  the  street  vendors,  are  provided  financial assistance in form of interest subsidy on bank loans for setting up individual  &  group  enterprises  and  skill  training  in  market  oriented courses  respectively  under  the  Self-Employment  Programme  (SEP) (EST&P) Urban of
- and Employment through Skill Training & Placement components of Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). State/ UT-wise details beneficiaries during last three financial years i.e. 2019-20 to FY 202122, is at Annexure-I.

Further,  MoHUA  is  implementing  PM  Street  Vendor's  AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme since June 01, 2020, to facilitate microcredit  to  street  vendors,  vending  in  urban  areas  so  that  they  can restart  their  business  which  were  adversely  affected  during  the Covid-19  pandemic.  Under  this  scheme,  street  vendors  may  avail  a working  capital  loan  of  up  to  Rs.  10,000  followed  by  loans  upto 20,000  and  upto  Rs.  50,000  in  the  second  and  third  tranches respectively,  on  repayment  of  earlier  tranche.  As  on  07.12.2022, loans have been disbursed to over 31.88 lakh street vendors across the country.

- (d):  MoHUA  issues  advisories  to  the  States/  UTs,  from  time  to  time,  to follow  the  provisions  laid  down  in  the  Act  including  on  the  issues relating  to  eviction  and  relocation  of  street  vendors  and  putting  in place  a  'Dispute  Redressal  Mechanism'  in  accordance  with  the
- provisions of the Act for addressing grievances of Street Vendors.

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ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1441 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 15, 2022.

STATE  /  UT-WISE  DETAILS  OF  BENEFICIRIES  UNDER  SEP  AND EST&P COMPONENTS OF DAY-NULM DURING LAST THREE YEARS (FY 2019-20 to FY 2021-22)

|   S. No. | States/UTs        | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises under SEP   | No. of candidates trained & certified under ESTP   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 21,006                                                                                       | 1,354                                              |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 10                                                                                           | 518                                                |
|        3 | Assam             | 1,895                                                                                        | 6,767                                              |
|        4 | Bihar             | 3,604                                                                                        | 8,861                                              |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      | 14,773                                                                                       | 2,454                                              |
|        6 | Goa               | 153                                                                                          | 2,778                                              |
|        7 | Gujarat           | 9,411                                                                                        | 42,520                                             |
|        8 | Haryana           | 2,126                                                                                        | 5,049                                              |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  | 1,302                                                                                        | 2,954                                              |
|       10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5,178                                                                                        | 3,042                                              |
|       11 | Jharkhand         | 4,038                                                                                        | 9,123                                              |
|       12 | Karnataka         | 3,705                                                                                        | 10,547                                             |
|       13 | Kerala            | 5,039                                                                                        | 7,199                                              |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 16,985                                                                                       | 36,300                                             |
|       15 | Maharashtra       | 17,684                                                                                       | 70,442                                             |
|       16 | Manipur           | 7                                                                                            | 360                                                |
|       17 | Meghalaya         | 38                                                                                           | 870                                                |
|       18 | Mizoram           | 697                                                                                          | 2,664                                              |
|       19 | Nagaland          | 190                                                                                          | 0                                                  |
|       20 | Odisha            | 14,557                                                                                       | 0                                                  |
|       21 | Punjab            | 3,029                                                                                        | 23,622                                             |
|       22 | Rajasthan         | 5,400                                                                                        | 10,779                                             |
|       23 | Sikkim            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                  |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu        | 1,23,012                                                                                     | 1,256                                              |
|       25 | Telangana         | 4,319                                                                                        | 1,237                                              |
|       26 | Tripura           | 801                                                                                          | 257                                                |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 21,328                                                                                       | 43,971                                             |
|       28 | Uttarakhand       | 3,191                                                                                        | 284                                                |
|       29 | West Bengal       | 4,488                                                                                        | 8,907                                              |
|       30 | A & N Islands     | 4                                                                                            | 0                                                  |
|       31 | Chandigarh        | 71                                                                                           | 3,244                                              |
|       32 | Delhi             | 150                                                                                          | 768                                                |

| 33   | Puducherry   | 187      | 137      |
|------|--------------|----------|----------|
| 34   | Ladakh       | 21       | 0        |
|      | Total        | 2,88,399 | 3,08,264 |