Millions of street vendors in cities and towns across India will soon be empowered to run their micro level business by law, union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Ajay Maken said on Monday. ...
05:33 AM, Mar 26, 2013
A bill will be introduced in the Budget session of Parliament to grant rights to street vendors for ensuring their livelihood without any harassment by various agencies, Union Minister Ajay Maken said on Sunday. ...
02:56 AM, Jan 28, 2013
New Delhi: Diwali may be a festival of joy, but not so for the city's street vendors and hawkers, who were told by police on Saturday to shift out of markets three days before the festival of lights. Delhi's trader's associations have demanded new places for them. West Delhi Traders Association president Robin Sharma said, "Delhi Police is preventing hawkers to put up stalls at markets highlighting security concerns during...
09:38 AM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: A bill to protect the rights of street vendors and regulate street vending activities was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday amid opposition uproar over coal block allocation. The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja. As per the provisions of the Bill, anyone over 14 years...
03:18 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Ahmedabad: Embattled he might be, but Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting on Wednesday rejected reports that he is planning to retire after his team's World Cup campaign, saying that he has not given a thought to the idea. A London-based newspaper on Wednesday claimed that the 36-year-old batsman, who is struggling for runs in the ongoing event, would end his career after his team's campaign and look for a county...
11:12 PM, Jan 05, 2008
