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VOL. 5, ISSUE 3 (2023)
Role of the policies for empowering the street vendors in India: An analysis of reports of centre for civil society (2017-18 To 2019-20)
Authors
Mohd Anish
Abstract
Street vendors make up a significant portion of the Indian population.
A street vendor sells a range of goods and services to people from all walks of
society without having a regular marketing structure. Yet it was banned in
India for nearly six decades until the passage of the Street Vendor Act in
2014. The Government of India passed the Street Vendor Act in 2014, which aims
to safeguard street vendors' rights and regulate their activities. The main
objective of this paper, by employing secondary sources, to highlight the role
of policies in empowering street vendors and trace the implementation of the
Street Vendors Act 2014 in India by analyzing progress reports from the Center
for Civil Society from 2017-18 to 2019-20. After a
careful analysis, this study found that there has been no significant
improvement in the status of street vendors since the implementation of the
Act. Even though after the Act, they are often harassed, and evicted by
government officials and municipal officials. The author also reveals that
nearly almost all the States and Union Territories have failed to uphold the
letter and spirit of the Act. Therefore, the state and municipal governments
should conduct grassroots and local level awareness program for the proper
implementation of this act in each state.
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Pages:34-38
How to cite this article:
Mohd Anish "Role of the policies for empowering the street vendors in India: An analysis of reports of centre for civil society (2017-18 To 2019-20)". International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Vol 5, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 34-38
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