Centre to take stock of implementation of Street Vendors Act

Vandana Ramnani Moneycontrol News

Stating that the government is committed to providing an enabling environment to street vendors, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri on Tuesday said a workshop will be held in the next three months wherein urban development ministers of all states will review the implementation of the Street Vendors Act.

"In the next three months, we will hold a review workshop with UD ministers of all states in Delhi on the implementation of the Act," Puri said at a convention of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) held in the Capital on Tuesday.

All issues concerning the implementation of the Act will be discussed at the workshop, he said, adding. "if there is discrepancy in its implementation in any state, it will be addressed."

The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014 seeks to regulate street vendors in public areas, provides for a  certification of vending, protects vendors against unlawful eviction and lays down the their rights and obligations. It recognises that street vendors are an "integral part of our urban economy"