Several street vendors lack awareness of the scheme, and many do not receive the funds. Street vendors lack awareness of the loan scheme, and many face fund shortages due to banks’ reluctance to provide funds. Ashraf, a fruit juice vendor in Shivaji Nagar, said, “I’m not aware of this scheme. If there is such a […]
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Among those who know of the schemes, most are reluctant to spend a day to get the paper work done. About 44 percent of street vendors in Bangalore avail social security schemes, according to an article published by the National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Expert say this is a low number. The article […]
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Though training agencies have trained more vendors than their target, many have not received training on their rights and responsibilities. The training program conducted by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for street food vendors in Bengaluru to promote maintenance of hygiene and train them […]
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Only 19,000 street vendors have ID cards in Bengaluru, while the street vendors welfare unions estimate that the city has around two lakh street vendors. Vendors continue to set up their stalls illegally on roads in Bengaluru as they do not have identity cards for carrying out their businesses. An official from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara […]
Continue ReadingStreet vendors cannot access bank loans despite their inclusion in MSMEs. Urban street vendors now fall under the ambit of Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) but they are unable to get loans because they fail to meet the eligibility criteria. Vijaylaxmi, a street vendor at Krishna Rajendra (K.R.) Market said that she […]
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Some food stall owners say that they are earning less than 20 percent of their pre-pandemic income. BENGALURU: Street food vendors based outside Bengaluru tech parks are suffering heavy losses because most information technology (IT) professionals are still working from home. M. Umesh, who runs a small tea shop opposite the entrance of the International […]
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The Indore municipal corporation has been unable to prevent street vendors from violating the corona guideline. In Indore Madhya Pradesh, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared today that a full lockdown, termed “strict Janta Curfew,” will be enforced in the state starting from May 6 and will last until May 15. Only from 7 a.m. to […]
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Out of the 41,403 vendors who have applied to the PM Svanidhi scheme, only 8522 have received the amount. They say that they get pushed around from one office to another. Bengaluru: For the past two months, Munilaxmi has been going to the State Bank of India (SBI) office in Kumara Park every other day. […]
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