Q.Find out about the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 is an Indian central law that formally recognises street vending as a legitimate occupation, protects vendors from arbitrary harassment and eviction, and sets up a regulated system (via Town Vending Committees) to manage where and how vending happens — extending, into binding law, the right-to-livelihood protections the chapter describes as emerging through the 2004 street vendor policy and the Olga Tellis Supreme Court case.
As the chapter explains, there are lakhs of street vendors in India's big cities, and they have historically faced harassment from the police and town authorities despite doing genuine, useful work at low wages, often as part of the broader urban poor population living in difficult conditions. Growing awareness of this problem led first to a national policy on urban street vendors in January 2004 (intended to let vendors work without harassment provided they followed regulation), and later to a full-fledged national law: the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.
Broadly, the Act:
- Recognises street vending as a legitimate livelihood, rather than treating vendors as a nuisance to be removed.
- Provides for a survey and registration/certificate of vending for existing street vendors, giving them a documented, legal right to vend.
- Establishes Town Vending Committees in each local area, which include representatives of the vendors themselves, to plan vending zones and regulate street vending in a fair, participatory way.
- Protects vendors against arbitrary eviction and confiscation of their goods, requiring a proper process (survey, notice, and rehabilitation considerations) rather than sudden, unregulated removal by local authorities.
- Sets up a grievance redressal mechanism for vendors to challenge unfair treatment. …
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