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The Urban Development Department, Assam has formulated a new scheme named “The Assam Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation and Street Vending) scheme 2020” on July 13 last. The main objective of the scheme is to regulate the increasing no. of street vendors in Guwahati. This scheme is to come into force with immediate effect.
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Scheme Overview:
| Scheme name: | The Assam Vendors Scheme 2020 |
| Scheme Under: | State Government |
| Formulated by: | Urban Development Department, Assam |
| Eligible Beneficiaries: | Street Vendors across Assam |
| Website: | assam.gov.in |
Scheme Objectives:
- The main objective of the scheme is to regulate the ever-increasing numbers of street vendors in Guwahati
- It also aims at providing basic business amenities to the vendors
- Provision of proper business license to the vendors
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Scheme Benefits:
- This scheme will provide a proper system to keep a check on the total no. of street vendors
- License allotment to the registered vendors will make things official on record
- Scheme regulations for the vendors will help them with the means to conduct their regular business
- Provision of basic business amenities will enable the vendors to carry out their business smoothly and for a long run.
Key Points:
- This scheme is formulated under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation and Street Vending)
- Act, 2014 and Assam Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation and Street Vending) Rules, 2016.
- Information about the scheme and Registration of vendors under the scheme will be provided on the official website of Assam government @ gov.in
- For operational guidelines of support to Urban Street Vendors, a state level Project Sanctioning Committee is constituted
- The committee is constituted under the Chairmanship of the Principal Secretary/ Secretary in charge of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NULM).
- A State Nodal Officer has been appointed for ensuring proper implementation of the Act, Rules and Scheme for street vendors
- Commissioner in the case of GMC and the Executive officer of the Urban Local Body (ULB) are to be the nodal officers
- GMC survey in 2015 showed the no. of street vendors in the city as 7,183. However as of today, the no. has raised to more than 40,000 vendors in Guwahati, as per the claims of the Assam Street Vendors’ Association (ASVA).
- Thus, a mechanism to regulate the vendors is of core importance. It will help the vendors to function smoothly and for a long run.
