Strengthening of Street Vendors Ecosystem

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing, through States/Union Territories, “Support to Urban Street Vendors (SUSV)”, as a component of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. It aims at addressing livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security, etc. Out of the total funds including the state share, the States / UTs can spend upto 5% funds for related activities which inter-alia include development of vending infrastructure.                                                               Further, Ministry has launched Prime Minister Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), a Central Sector Scheme, on 1st June, 2020 with the objective to provide an affordable working capital loan up to ₹10,000/- to the Street Vendors to resume their businesses, adversely impacted due to COVID-19 Pandemic.                                                For socio-economic upliftment of Street Vendors, Ministry has launched ‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’ in 125 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), selected for saturation in the first phase on 4th January, 2021. This Programme aims to link PM SVANidhi Scheme beneficiaries and their family members to select central Government welfare Schemes namely Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Registration under Building and other Constructions Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act (BOCW), Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana, National  Food Security Act (NFSA) portability benefit – One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC), Janani Suraksha Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).                                                                                                                   As on July 30, 2021, under ‘SVANidhi se Smariddhi’ Programme, the socio-economic profile of 5.3 lakh PM SVANidhi beneficiaries along with their family members is completed.

As per provision of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, the Town Vending Committee shall, within such period and in such manner, as may be specified in the scheme, conduct a survey of all existing street vendors, within the area under its jurisdiction, and subsequent survey shall be carried out at least once in every five years.                                                                                       As part of the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package, Ministry is implementing Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors’ Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme since June 01, 2020 to facilitate working capital loan of upto ₹10,000/- of 1 year tenure to Street Vendors, vending in urban areas. On timely and early repayment, they are eligible for an enhanced working capital loan upto ₹20,000/- and ₹50,000/- in the second and third tranches respectively. The Scheme provides for incentives in the form of interest subsidy @ 7% per annum on regular repayment of loan and cash-back upto₹1,200/- on undertaking prescribed number of digital transactions.                                                                          As on July 30, 2021, 43.3 lakh loan applications have been received. Out of these 25.3 lakh loans have been sanctioned and 22.8 lakh loans have been disbursed. State / Union Territory-wise number of loan applications received, sanctioned and disbursed, is at Annexure.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.