Lok Sabha Question No. 300 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Constitution of Town Vending Committees in Urban Local Bodies
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Raja Ram Singh

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

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 300

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 20, 2025

## CONSTITUTION OF TOWN VENDING COMMITTEES IN URBAN LOCAL BODIES

## NO. 300.    SHRI RAJA RAM SINGH:

Will the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) The  number  of  urban  local  bodies  that  have  conducted  survey  of street vendors and constituted Town Vending Committees as per the mandate  of  the  Street Vendors  (Protection of Livelihood  and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, State-wise;
- (b) The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  the  survey  of street vendors is carried out and the Town Vending Committees are established in every urban local body in every State;
- (c) Whether the Government is aware that the Delhi Police registered the first FIR under section two hundred eighty-five of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against a street vendor and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) Whether the Government is planning to clarify that this provision and other such provisions do not override the rights of street vendors guaranteed under the Constitution and the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and if so, the details thereof ?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI MANOHAR LAL)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION 300 FOR ANSWER ON 20.03.2025 REGARDING CONSTITUTION OF TOWN VENDING COMMITTEES IN URBAN LOCAL BODIES.

- (a): Section  3(1)  of  the  Street  Vendors  (Protection  of  Livelihood  and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 mandates for survey to identify street vendors at least once in every five years. As reported by States / UTs, a total of 3,471 cities have conducted survey of street vendors. Also, Section 22 of the Act stipulates that appropriate Government may provide  for  constitution  of  one  or  more  Town  Vending  Committees (TVCs)  in  each  local  authority.  As  reported  by  the  States/  Union Territories (UTs), a total of 4,342 TVCs have been constituted under the

Act. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.

- (b): The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 is implemented by respective States/UTs by framing their respective Rules, Schemes, Bye-laws and Plan for Street Vending. From time to time, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs draws attention of  the  States/UTs  on  implementation  of  various  provisions  of  the  Act including mandated periodical conduct of survey, constitution of Town Vending  Committees,  by  way  of  issuance  of  letters  /  circulars  and
- discussion in meetings as well as conducting reviews.
- (c)&(d):     No such information is available in this Ministry. Although, Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, has given safeguards to the vendors under Section 33 of the Act which is reproduced  as  under  'The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  have  effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therein contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this Act'. However, under Section 12(2) of the Act, if a street vendor is carrying out vending activities in any area or space earmarked as no-vending zone, then this would be a violation of the Act and no safeguard would be available to the street vendor under section 33 of the Act. The above safeguard in Section 33 of the Act is given to street vendors who carry on the business of street vending activities in accordance with the terms and conditions mentioned in the Certificate of Vending.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *300 (20 TH  POSITION) TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH, 20, 2025.

| Sl. No.                           | States/UTs                | Number of Cities completed Survey   | No. of TVC constituted   |
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1                                 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1                                   | 1                        |
| 2                                 | Andhra Pradesh            | 110                                 | 110                      |
| 3                                 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 34                                  | 21                       |
| 4                                 | Assam                     | 82                                  | 98                       |
| 5                                 | Bihar                     | 144                                 | 141                      |
| 6                                 | Chandigarh                | 1                                   | 1                        |
| 7                                 | Chhattisgarh              | 63                                  | 166                      |
| 8 Dadra and Nagar & Daman and Diu |                           | 3                                   | 3                        |
| 9                                 | Delhi                     | -                                   | 27                       |
| 10                                | Goa                       | 13                                  | 14                       |
| 11                                | Gujarat                   | 169                                 | 163                      |
| 12                                | Haryana                   | 92                                  | 89                       |
| 13 Himachal                       | Pradesh                   | 57                                  | 52                       |
| 14                                | Jammu & Kashmir           | 70                                  | 78                       |
| 15                                | Jharkhand                 | 46                                  | 49                       |
| 16                                | Karnataka                 | 286                                 | 277                      |
| 17                                | Kerala                    | 93                                  | 93                       |
| 18                                | Ladakh                    | 2                                   | 2                        |
| 19 Madhya                         | Pradesh                   | 378                                 | 378                      |
| 20                                | Maharashtra               | 224                                 | 410                      |
| 21                                | Manipur                   | 27                                  | 27                       |
| 22                                | Meghalaya                 | 6                                   | 1                        |
| 23                                | Mizoram                   | 8                                   | 9                        |
| 24                                | Nagaland                  | 12                                  | 12                       |
| 25                                | Odisha                    | 114                                 | 114                      |
| 26                                | Puducherry                | 6                                   | 5                        |
| 27                                | Punjab                    | 170                                 | 163                      |
| 28                                | Rajasthan                 | 196                                 | 189                      |
| 29                                | Sikkim                    | 7                                   | 7                        |
| 30 Tamil                          | Nadu                      | 665                                 | 620                      |
| 31                                | Telangana                 | 144                                 | 143                      |
| 32                                | Tripura                   | 20                                  | 20                       |
| 33                                | Uttar Pradesh             | 130                                 | 651                      |
| 34                                | Uttarakhand               | 93                                  | 81                       |
| 35 West                           | Bengal                    | 5                                   | 127                      |
|                                   | Total                     | 3,471                               | 4,342                    |