A Look at Hawker Legislation:

image by Ally Reeves. copy-left. note source if image is used.   An article taken from Frontline Magazine: On the margins JAYATI GHOSH The absence of political will to implement the National Policy on Urban Street Vendors keeps this section of society prisoners of bias. “…PETTY retail trade has traditionally been a refuge employment sector for workers, both men and women, who lose other jobs or simply do not find any other paid work. This has been especially true of urban areas because poverty and the lack of opportunities for gainful employment in rural areas drive a large number of people to cities in search of work and livelihood. Those who migrate generally possess low skills and lack the required education for the better-paid jobs in the organised sector, where in any case aggregate employment has not increased much. This has led to a rapid growth of informal work, including street vending or hawking. For the urban poor, hawking is one important means of earning a livelihood as it requires minor financial input and involves relatively low skills…” Special thanks to Cheryl Deutsch for sharing this link

Population Paired with Hawking Zones in Mumbai

Hawking Zones in Mumbai

Civil Details: rules and lobbying for Mumbai Street Hawkers

A link to Government action, regulations, requests from the public at Karmayog.

Great site and union organization called NASVI: National Alliance of Street Vendors of India

“….Beginning as a Network in 1998, The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) was registered in 2003 under the Societies registration Act of 1860 to bring together the street vendor organizations in India so as to collectively struggle for macro-level changes which had become imminent to support the livelihood of around 10 million vendors which stand severely threatened due to outdated laws and changing policies, practices and attitudes of the powers that be.NASVI is a national federation of street vendor organizations. Itis a coalition of Trade Unions, Community Based Organizations (CBOs), Non Government Organizations (NGOs) and professionals….”