Street vendors
- India
Loans to street vendors: Centre directs banks, civic bodies to work in tandem
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Bhagwat K Karad has asked banks and civic bodies to collaborate to achieve the goals of the PM SVANidhi scheme, which was launched to help street vendors get easy…
- India
PM urges states to encourage digital transactions under street vendors scheme
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged states to identify and cover all the eligible street vendors in urban areas, especially in Tier II and Tier III cities, through a…
- Telangana
Telangana government sanctions 2,676 sheds to street vendors under Pattana Pragati
Hyderabad: The state government has identified 618 vending zones and sanctioned 2,676 sheds to street vendors under the Pattana Pragati welfare scheme. According to a survey conducted by the state, 4.24 percent…
- Delhi
Delhi: Street vendors protest against MCD’s ‘anti-encroachment’ drive
New Delhi: Hundreds of street vendors from across Delhi staged a protest outside the MCD office against the “astronomical increase in unlawful evictions” of their businesses. The vendors alleged that anti-encroachment drives by…
- Telangana
Telangana: Ranging from 10k-20k, street vendors receive Rs 676 crore loans
Hyderabad: Telangana state tops the country in terms of loan disbursements to street vendors and small traders. The government pays loans to street vendors from banks at a 7 percent rate of…
- Telangana
Kamareddy tops in disbursing loans to street vendors
Hyderabad: Kamareddy District Collector Jitesh V Patil said Kamareddy district in Telangana has topped on a national level in disbursing loans to street vendors. In a meeting held in Integrated Collectorate on…