Incorporating Street Vending in the Commercial Streets

Abstract

In India, in employment share the unorganized sector employs 83% of the work force and 17% in the organized sector. There are 92.4% informal workers in the economy. Street Vending is a part of Informal where the people with low skills and unemployed earn money for their daily livelihood. They were a form of a unorganized sector. The NSSO data reveals that nearly 200,000 women and 21,500 children are engaged in street vending. Almost 1.18 million households are dependent on this informal sector as their primary source of income. With more urbanization likely to happen across India, the number of street vendors is likely to rise substantially. Most street vendors provide the main source of income for their households, bringing food to their families and paying school fees for their children. These informal workers have strong linkages to the formal economy. But the street vendors were discriminated by the officials and other local peoples as they were considered as informal activity in the public streets. But the street vendors still have the consumers who buy their products. Many countries have made various acts and policies to regulate and incorporate the street vendors in the public streets as a formal activity but the method of implementing the policies is not properly structured. This is due to the lack of participatory approach by the stakeholders and no proper organization between the street vendors. So, the Literature Study is started from choosing the articles on the street vendors and urban economy, various organizations for the street vendors, survey methods and techniques, survey data interpretation and various national and international policies for street vendors. From the literature study four parameters were taken, they are, four parameters were taken, they are, Act/policy, Organization/Authority, Vending zone and Spatial Planning. By considering these four parameters national and international case studies were chose and then consolidated with the parameters. The study is mainly focused on incorporating the street vendors in the commercial streets through the participatory approach by implementing the acts and policies to create a inclusive and vibrant streets.