Lok Sabha Question No. 1963 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Protection of Street Vendors
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1963

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 14, 2023

## PROTECTION OF STREET VENDORS

## NO.1963.  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- a) the actions initiated by the Government to address the recommendations  of  the  Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on  the Protection of Street Vendors;
- b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  conduct  an  annual  survey  on street vendors;
3. c)
4. if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- d) whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  in  place  to  ensure  the registration of all street vendors for providing social security benefits relating to health or disability and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a): In  order  to  protect  rights  of  urban  Street  Vendors  (SVs)  and  to regulate street vending activities, the Government enacted the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 which is implemented by respective States/UTs by framing Rules, Scheme,  Bye-laws and Plan for Street Vending as per provisions of the Act. Based on the recommendations  of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, this Ministry has issued advisory to States/UTs, being the implementing agency, for implementation of various provisions of the said Act.

- (b)& (c): The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending)  Act,  2014  provides  that  the  States  /  Urban  Local  Bodies (ULB)  conduct  a  survey  to  identify  SVs  at  least  once  in  every  five years. If in the intervening period between two surveys, any person seeks to vend, the Town Vending Committee of the ULB may grant a Certificate of Vending (CoV) to such person, subject to the Scheme, the plan for street vending and the holding capacity of the vending zones.
- (d): Under PM SVANidhi Scheme, this Ministry has launched the program of  Socio-economic  profiling  of  PM  SVANidhi  beneficiaries  and  their families in selected ULBs under the sub-component of 'SVANidhi se Samriddhi'.  The  programme  aims  to  link  the  eligible  SVs  to  select central  Govt.  welfare  schemes  including, inter  alia, Pradhan  Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana, Janani Suraksha Yojana, and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).

Further, Support to Urban  Street  Vendors  as  a  component  of Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM) is being implemented by respective States/UTs.  Under this component, in order to bring the street vendors within the ambit of social security and to provide coverage from risks/ uncertainties; ULBs,  as  per  the  willingness  of  street  vendors,  facilitate  their enrolment in insurance schemes of Government of India or any State specific insurance schemes.

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