PATTANA PRAGATHI SUPPORT TO URBAN STREET VENDORS PROGRAM MEPMA, MA & UD Dept , Government of Telangana
Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) was established in the year 2007 under Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department for formulating strategies to implement poverty reduction programmes in Urban Areas.
To enable the urban poor particularly the poorest of the poor to eliminate poverty and vulnerability in a sustainable manner and improve their quality of life in urban areas through their own strong self-reliant and self-managed institutions.
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A street vendor means a person engaged in vending of articles, goods, wares, food items or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to the general public, in a street, lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area, from a temporary built up structure or by moving from place to place and includes hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms which may be local or region specific; and the words street vending with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly.
- The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014
Survey for Registration of Street Vendors will be conducted in all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) by the Town Vending Committee (TVC) and issue Identity Cards and Vending Certificates to all surveyed Street Vendors.
City Street Vending plans will be developed in all ULBs as per the provisions of the Street Vendors Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act 2014.
Demarcation of Street Vending Zones and Infrastructure improvement of Street Vending Zones is a component under Pattana Pragathi Program. Street Vendor Sheds are being constructed with all basic amenities like Drinking water, Toilets, Electricity etc for dignified vending.
This component focus on Capacity Building of Street Vendors on various aspects of vending activities, food safety, hygiene maintenance, waste disposal etc.
Facilitate access with banking and financial services to Street Vendors.
This component focus on providing credit to Street Vendors through Bank Linkages & Self Employment Program. PMSVANidhi Scheme provides special micro credit to Street Vendors whose livelihoods are being affected due to COVID-19 lockdown.
Facilitate enrolment of Street Vendors in insurance schemes of Government in order to bring them within the ambit of social insurance and to provide coverage from risks/ uncertainties.
