Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (STARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Facilities to Street Vendors
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jayadev Galla, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 02, 2023

## FACILITIES TO STREET VENDORS

NO. 15.

SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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 during the year 2021-22 under National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), State and district-wise;
2. b)
3. the list and the details regarding the proposed projects for infrastructure development of vending zones in the country, State and district-wise;
4. the status projects  sanctioned, type cost  incurred,
5. of deadlines and the reasons for delay, if any;
6. the details of which training programmes and sessions
7. areas in on financial literacy for street vendors have been conducted during the year 2021-22; and
8. the number of street vendors who gained access to credit, amount of financial assistance disbursed under Self Employment ProgrammeIndividual (SEP-I) component of NULM, Statel district-wise, including Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 FOR ANSWER ON 02.02.2023 REGARDING FACILITIES TO STREET VENDORS

- (a): The Support to Urban Street Vendor (SUSV), one 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, 201 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, StatelUT-wise information, as Aby

received from StateslUTsfor year 2021-22, is at Annexure-I.

- (b)&(c): The Street Vendors Act is being implemented by respective StatesIUTs by framing Rules, Scheme, Bye-laws and Plans for street vending as per provisions of the ActAs per Section 21(1) of the Act, every local authority shall, in consultation with the planning authority and on the recommendations the Town Vending Committee, once in every five years, prepare a plan to promote the vocation of street vendors covering the matters which includes determination vending zones as restriction-free-vending zones, restricted vending zones and novending zones based on Iocal conditions in their respective jurisdictions:

Under DAY-NULM, funds are provided to StatesIUTs in a consolidated manner. Out of total funds including state share, the StateslUTs can spend upto 5% of funds for implementation of SUSVcomponent  including, inter-alia, development of vending infrastructure. Details of the projects for infrastructure development of vending zones, state-wise & district-wise, is not maintained centrallyAs reported by StateslUTs, a total of 13,403 vending zones have been identified as on 25.01.2023.

- (d): The guidelines of SUSV prescribe that Urban 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 also implementing Central Sector Scheme PM Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) 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 Ioan disbursement by the concerned branch of the Bank. To provide further impetus to it, 'Main Bhi Digital' campaign has been organised thrice from January 4 to February 28, 2021, July 1 to August 15, 2021 and from September 9 to November 30, 2021.

- (e): Self Employment Programme (SEP), a component under DAYNULM, focuses on financial assistance to individuals groups of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment venturesl micro-enterprise, suited to their skills, training; aptitude and Iocal conditions. Individual Micro-Enterprises and Group Enterprises are eligible Bank loans upto 32 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 Ioan in time: for

District-wise  information of street vendors who received credit linkage under SEP is not maintained at the level of MoHUA However, StatelUT-wise, including Andhra Pradesh, information as received from StateslUTs is at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I REFERRED To IN REPLY PART (a) of LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARYO2, 2023.

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

|                    | StatelUnion Territory     | No. of Street vendors   |
|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|                    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 670                     |
| 2                  | Andhra Pradesh            | 7,590                   |
| 3 Assam            | 513                       |                         |
| 4 Bihar            |                           | 35,185                  |
| 5 Chhattisgarh     |                           | 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        |                           |                         |
| 17 NCT of Delhi    |                           | 56,422                  |
| 18                 | Odisha                    |                         |
| 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 PART (e) of LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 02, 2023.

STATE UT-WISE NUMBER OF STREET VENDORS RECEIVED CREDIT LINKAGE AND AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCEDISBURSED UNDER SELF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME (SEP) FROMO1.04.2014 TO 25.01.2023

| S_ No. StateslUTs   | of Street Vendors   | Amount disbursed (in lakhs)   |
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      | 4,105               | 2,529.79                      |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 17                  | 30.40                         |
| 3 Assam             | 26                  | 14.94                         |
| 4 Bihar             | 360                 | 223.99                        |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 403                 | 291.64                        |
| 6 Gujarat           | 372                 | 351.82                        |
| 7 Haryana           | 4                   | 3.45                          |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh  | 81                  | 62.75                         |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir   | 4                   | 5.10                          |
| 10 Jharkhand        | 298                 | 202.48                        |
| 11 Karnataka        | 185                 | 202.01                        |
| 12 Kerala           | 171                 | 153.27                        |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh   | 3,298               | 2,474.15                      |
| 14 Maharashtra      | 1,889               | 1,675.79                      |
| 15 Meghalaya        |                     | 0.20                          |
| 16 Mizoram          | 17                  | 25.23                         |
| 17 Nagaland         | 1                   | 2.00                          |
| 18 NCT of Delhi     | 6                   | 4.20                          |
| 19 Odisha           | 126                 | 91.95                         |
| 20 Puducherry       | 4                   | 1.15                          |
| 21 Punjab           | 7                   |                               |
| 22 Rajasthan        | 214                 | 199.41                        |
| 23 Tamil Nadu       |                     | 1,306.99                      |
| 24 Telangana        | 864                 | 508.77                        |
| 25 Tripura          | 61                  | 34.47                         |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh    | 41                  | 49.86                         |
| 27 Uttarakhand      | 27                  | 26.11                         |
| 28 West Bengal      | 20                  | 15.31                         |
| Total               | 17,760              | 10,491.30                     |