Street vendors’ panel alleges dilution of bill
5 Nov 2012 9:09 AM IST
Critical of the Street Vendors Bill, the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) has demanded amendments in the Bill as they say that the bill in its present form, is a diluted version of the national policy of urban street vendors 2004 and it defeats the very purpose of the bill.
'The bill in its present form has delegated all its powers to the municipal corporations and there is no say of the town vending committees, as was the case in the national policy of 2004' said NASVI national coordinator, Arvind Singh. He further said that the bill leaves a lot with delegated legislation for the schemes to be framed by thousands of municipal bodies and the roles of town vending committees that deal with issues of street vendors including demarcation of vending zones does not find its place in the present bill.
'Municipal bodies don't even consider us dignified enough to talk to us,' said Singh, while pointing out the flaws in the street vendors bill. He informed that in the national policy of 2004, the representation of vendors was 40 pc, in town vending committees. Singh said that the bill in its current form has also undermined the principle of natural markets and there is no provision of prescribing minimum quantitative norms of vendors to be accommodated and percentage of public land allocated for vending.
'The bill in its present form has delegated all its powers to the municipal corporations and there is no say of the town vending committees, as was the case in the national policy of 2004' said NASVI national coordinator, Arvind Singh. He further said that the bill leaves a lot with delegated legislation for the schemes to be framed by thousands of municipal bodies and the roles of town vending committees that deal with issues of street vendors including demarcation of vending zones does not find its place in the present bill.
'Municipal bodies don't even consider us dignified enough to talk to us,' said Singh, while pointing out the flaws in the street vendors bill. He informed that in the national policy of 2004, the representation of vendors was 40 pc, in town vending committees. Singh said that the bill in its current form has also undermined the principle of natural markets and there is no provision of prescribing minimum quantitative norms of vendors to be accommodated and percentage of public land allocated for vending.
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