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During this Corona-19 pandemic, It has been seen that the survey and has been issuing Letter of
street vendor's business and life are badly impacted. Usually Recommendation (LoR) to that effect by the ULB / Town
they run the business with very small capital base, which Vending Committee (TVC) and
they would have consumed during this covid-19 lockdown. iv. The vendors of surrounding development / peri-urban
Hence to resume their businesses and to feed their family,
/ rural areas vending in the geographical limits of the
they urgently need working capital, otherwise their
ULBs and have been issued letter of Recommendation
personal as well as their family's life may spoil. So the
(LoR) to that effect by the ULB / TVC
Government of India has brought this scheme for their
welfare. This is part of a special economic package Eligibility of States/UTs
(Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan) of Rs. 20.00 Lakh Crore
(equivalent to 10% of India's GDP) with the aim to make The above scheme is available in those states/UTs which
our country independent against the tough competition in have notified Rules and Scheme under Street Vendors
the global supply chain and to help in empowering the poor (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending)
laborers, migrants who has been adversely affected by Act 2014. Beneficiaries from Meghalaya, which has its own
COVID-19 pandemic. State Street Vendors Act may, however participate.

It is one of the special economic packages to facilitate easy Identification of Beneficiaries left out of the
access to credit for the street vendors. survey or belonging to the surrounding Rural
Areas
Now, Let us see the salient features of this scheme:
While identifying the vendors belonging to Category iii & iv
Objective of this scheme: above (Eligibility criteria of Beneficiaries), The ULB/TVC may
consider any of the following documents to issue letters of
Y To facilitate working capital loan up to Rs 10000.00 recommendation:
Y To incentivize regular repayment and i. The list of vendors, prepared by certain States/UTs for
providing one-time assistance during lockdown or
Y To reward digital transactions
ii. A system generated request sent to ULBs / TVCs for
The above scheme will help the street vendors to open new issue of LoR based on the recommendation of the letter
opportunities to this sector and to move up the economic after verifying the credentials of the applicant or
ladder. iii. The membership details with the vendors association

or
Eligibility criteria of Beneficiaries
iv. The documents in possession buttressing his claim of
The scheme is available to all street vendors engaged in vending or
vending in urban areas as on or before March 24, 2020. The
eligible vendors will be identified as per the following v. Report of local enquiry conducted by ULB/TVC involving
criteria: Self-Help Group (SHGs), Community Based
i. Street vendors in possession of Certificate of Vending / Organizations (CBOs) etc.
Identity Card issued by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Note: ULBs shall complete the verification and issuance of
LoR within 15 days of the submission of application. ULBs
ii. The vendors, who have been identified in the survey but
have not been issued Certificate of Vending / Identity will ensure to include all the eligible vendors by adopting
Card any other alternative way for identifying such vendors.
Provisional Certificate of Vending would be generated Town Vending Committee (TVC)
for such vendors through IT based platform. ULBs will
TVC's role in identification of beneficiaries is crucial. As per
issue permanent Certificate of Vending and The Street Vendor's Act 2014, TVS consists of maximum 18
Identification Card within one month.
members. The composition is
iii. Street Vendors, left out of the ULB-led identification i. Municipal commissioner or Chief Executive officer of
survey or who has started vending after completion of ULB as chairperson

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