AMC street vendors policy to be put on hold, vendors who cook to be removed from list
Updated: Nov 8th, 2024
The Standing Committee of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has sent back a proposal to implement the street vendors policy in Ahmedabad to the Town Planning Committee.
Following a recent judgement by the Gujarat High Court on the Happy Street issue, the Provisional Town Vending Committee decided in its meeting that individuals who cook food on the streets will be removed from the list of approved street vendors in the city. These individuals will be allocated separate spaces within the city.
Before the judgement, a survey had included street vendors who cook as part of the list of registered vendors. However, with the recent court decision, cooking vendors will now be excluded from the official list of vendors. According to a corporation official, separate zones for cooking vendors will be designated across the city.
In line with the Street Vendors Act 2014 and the Gujarat Street Vendors Rules 2016, Municipal Commissioner M Thennaresan chaired a meeting on September 25 with representatives of various street vendor associations and voluntary organisations.
The meeting discussed the survey conducted by Gujarat Urban Livelihood Mission in 2017, which had reported over 62,000 street vendors and pavement dwellers in the city. The vendors were classified into different categories: Non-Vending, Restricted, and Free Vending Zones, and were further categorised by demand areas (High Demand, Medium Demand, and Low Demand).
The meeting also discussed the fee structure for street vendors based on demand areas. For high-demand areas, a monthly fee of ₹600 will be charged; for medium-demand areas, ₹400; and for low-demand areas, ₹250. A 10% annual increase in these fees was also agreed upon by all attendees.
Under the Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), street vendors in Ahmedabad are eligible for loans of up to ₹50,000. So, over 1.30 lakh street vendors were provided with financial support through the PM-Svanidhi Scheme, which initially offered loans of ₹10,000.
Upon repayment, vendors were eligible for a second loan of ₹20,000, and further repayment allowed for a loan of up to ₹50,000.
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