Lok Sabha Question No. 318 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: PM SVANidhi Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 318

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 10, 2023

## PM SVANIDHI SCHEME

NO. 318. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data regarding the total number of Street Vendors in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/District-wise;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries registered in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Odisha, Andaman and Nicobar Islands under PM SVANidhi Scheme along with steps taken to include unregistered street vendors under the scheme;
- (c) the rate of interest at which these beneficiaries are getting loan and share of  percentage  of  the  subsidy  to  be  borne  by  the  Government  and  the beneficiaries;
- (d)  the  share  of  private  sector  banks  in  PM  SVANidhi  scheme  since  its inception;
- (e) whether share of private sector banks in the scheme remains very low and if so, the details thereof;
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  encourage  participation  of private banks and enhance their share in the total sanctions and disbursements in the scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (g) whether the Government has received complaints against banks for creating bottlenecks in release of funds to the beneficiaries under this scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (h) the other steps taken by the Government to increase the e-commerce among the street vendors?

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

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  *318  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  10.08.2023  REGARDING  PM SVANIDHI SCHEME

- (a): As reported by States/Union Territories, as on 04.08.2023, the total number of identified Street Vendors through Survey/CoV/LoR in the country is  53,76,074.  The  State/UT-wise  details  is  at  Annexure-I.  District-wise information of identified  street  vendors  is  not  maintained  at  the  level  of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
- (b): As on 04.08.2023, the number of beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi  (PM SVANidhi) Scheme in the state of Tamil  Nadu,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Andaman  and  Nicobar  Islands  are 1,90,082, 4,22,921, 38,135 and 491, respectively.

As per the provision of Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, issuance of CoV and ID Card is the responsibility of Town Vending Committee under administrative control of State Government. Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ Town Vending Committees (TVCs) have been authorized to issue Letter of Recommendation (LoR) to extend  the  benefits  of  PM  SVANidhi  Scheme  to  the  street  vendors,  who have  been  left  out  of  the  ULB  led  survey  or  who  started  vending  after completion of the survey. The States/UTs have been advised to complete fresh  survey  of  street  vendors  as  per  Street  Vendors  (Protection  of Livelihood  and  Regulation  of  Street  Vending)  Act,  2014  and  issue  CoV  to surveyed vendors.

- (c): Under  PM  SVANidhi  Scheme,  the  rate  of  interest  charged  by  the Lending  Institutions  is  as  per  the  extant  RBI  guidelines.   An  interest

subsidy  of  7%  is  paid  by  the  Union  Government  on  a  quarterly  basis,  on timely repayment of EMIs.

(d) to (f): As on 04.08.2023, a total of 1,06,919 loans have been disbursed by Private Sector Banks under PM SVANidhi Scheme. The share of Private Sector Banks in total loan disbursement under the scheme is 2.05%.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) & Department of Financial Services  (DFS)  regularly  conduct  joint/separate  review  meetings  with  the Lending Institutions including private sector banks, to improve their performance under the Scheme.

- (g): Complaints, if any, received for any issues related to sanction/disbursement  of  loan  under  the  Scheme  are  forwarded  to  the concerned banks for resolution in a time bound manner.
- (h):   For  onboarding  of  street  vendors  on  e-commerce  platforms,  this Ministry  signed  an  MoU  with  Swiggy  on  5th  October,  2020,  which  was renewed  on  5th  October,  2021  and  with  Zomato  on  4th  February,  2021. Approximately  9,400  street  food  vendors  had  been  onboarded  on  these  ecommerce platforms.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 318 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023 STATEMENT SHOWING DETAILS OF IDENTIFIED STREET VENDORS ACROSS

## THE COUNTRY

| S.No.   | Name of State/Union Territory   | No. of Street Vendors Identified   |
|---------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Island        | 676                                |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                  | 4,24,012                           |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh               | 7,605                              |
| 4       | Assam                           | 89,124                             |
| 5       | Bihar                           | 1,81,231                           |
| 6       | Chandigarh                      | 10,930                             |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                    | 1,06,520                           |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman   | 2,928                              |
| 9       | Delhi                           | 79,952                             |
| 10      | Goa                             | 2,881                              |
| 11      | Gujarat                         | 3,21,406                           |
| 12      | Haryana                         | 1,17,028                           |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                | 6,486                              |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir                 | 23,694                             |
| 15      | Jharkhand                       | 71,923                             |
| 16      | Karnataka                       | 2,65,477                           |
| 17      | Kerala                          | 25,726                             |
| 18      | Ladakh                          | 427                                |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh                  | 7,23,820                           |
| 20      | Maharashtra                     | 5,84,416                           |
| 21      | Manipur                         | 20,841                             |
| 22      | Meghalaya                       | 2,133                              |
| 23      | Mizoram                         | 4,929                              |
| 24      | Nagaland                        | 4,697                              |
| 25      | Odisha                          | 80,841                             |
| 26      | Puducherry                      | 3,144                              |
| 27      | Punjab                          | 1,49,215                           |
| 28      | Rajasthan                       | 1,93,568                           |
| 29      | Sikkim                          | 871                                |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu                      | 3,09,449                           |
| 31      | Telangana                       | 6,14,767                           |
| 32      | Tripura                         | 8,666                              |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh                   | 9,06,910                           |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                     | 26,483                             |
| 35      | West Bengal                     | 3,298                              |
|         | Total                           | 53,76,074                          |