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Planning the Informal

Vol. 58, Issue No. 8, 25 Feb, 2023
Aravind Unni

The paper posits that the progressive policies of spatial protection for the street vendors in the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 directly contradict the state planning practices of addressing informality that rests on restrictive control of the informal and centralisation of planning powers, thereby arguing for social justice-centred reforms in urban planning acts and policies. The paper will focus on the case of Delhi’s master planning history and process, especially in the lead-up to the draft master plan for Delhi 2041.

Right to the City

Vol. 57, Issue No. 26-27, 25 Jun, 2022
Reeju Ray

This paper provides a historical analysis of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and the subsequent amendment in 2016. It highlights the relationship between the struggles for the right to livelihood, urban spatial governance, and legislative intervention. The legislation fails to address the conditions created by urban and developmental planning, everyday forms of violence and harassment, and the gendered nature of public space entitlement. The paper foregrounds the voices of women street vendors in New Delhi. It critically examines the laws, policies, and activism and points to internal contradictions and limitations within each of these efforts to alleviate the condition and livelihood of street vendors.

Sharit Bhowmik, 1948-2016

Vol. 51, Issue No. 42, 15 Oct, 2016
Virginius Xaxa

A fellow academic and comrade of 33 years writes about the labour studies scholar, much loved teacher, indefatigable trade unionist and writer who combined street studies with grass-roots work and organising.

National Policy for Street Vendors

Vol. 38, Issue No. 16, 19 Apr, 2003
Sharit K Bhowmik

Street vendors across several Indian cities have generally been regarded as nuisance value, their presence seen as inimical to urban development. However, the range of goods and services they provide renders them useful to other sections of the urban poor and thus they form an important segment of the informal economy. A draft national policy on street vendors argues that needs of this section are vital for urban planning purposes. Regulation of vendors and hawking zones and granting vendors a voice in civic administration need to become definitive elements of urban development policy.

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