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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Shield for vendors on Delhi plate by Sobhana K

Shield for vendors on Delhi plate by Sobhana K

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published Published on Nov 11, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 11, 2011

For some people, life is all about a fried hollow globe with a thumb-jabbed hole in the middle.

Hot, sour, sweetened or served in dahi (curd), phuchkas are a part of growing up. Unfortunately, the men who sell the phuchkas don’t know where the next jab will come from.

Their thumb, or the sudden snatch of officials.

Reason: there’s no law to protect them from harassment for selling their stuff on streets.

But things may soon change.

The Union ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation has decided to enact a law to protect vendors, such as phuchkawallahs or pavement booksellers, from undue harassment. According to the plan, the vendors will also need to register themselves with municipal bodies for identification.

This is not the first time the government has come up with a plan to protect or regulate hawkers, both permanent squatters and those who move from place to place selling their ware on streets.

A policy on vendors had been first floated way back during the NDA regime in 2004. In 2009, the ministry had floated a “Model Street Vendor’s (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill. The idea was that states would, based on this bill, formulate their own laws.

But the response so far has been lukewarm. Chhattisgarh is the only state that has cleared and notified relevant municipal bylaws. Maharashtra has drafted municipal bylaws and is in the process of putting them up for approval, while Andhra Pradesh and Bengal are in the process of coming up with laws.

“We thought the states would take up the initiative and come up with a law. Since there has been no response, it is time the ministry comes up with a Union law that can be implemented in states,” said a senior official with the housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry.

Under the model bill, vendors have to register with municipal bodies after which they will be given identity cards. The registration, however, will not be equal to a licence. “We do not want to bring in a licence raj. The registration is merely to identify the vendor and keep a database,” the official added.

Anyone above 18 can apply to register himself as a street vendor. If the application is not processed within a specified time, the person can be deemed as registered.

The bill also specifies that no application will be summarily rejected and that applicants will be given a chance to rectify the deficiencies.

Each municipality will have to come up with vending zones, which will be restriction-free. For places where space is a problem, the bill has provisions for night bazaars.

The bill envisages that each municipality should have a town vending committee, which should be the apex body for vendors. The body will have to formulate terms and conditions for selling on streets. It will also have to maintain records and a database about vendors and conduct periodic surveys.

The Telegraph, 11 November, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111111/jsp/frontpage/story_14735944.jsp


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