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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicStreet vendors

Topic: street vendors

After HC called eviction plea ‘motivated’, why SC ordered removal of Manimajra street vendors in 48 hrs

Top court sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC’s May order and ‘elite class’ remarks against petitioners, gives city authorities 2 days to clear encroachments in Chandigarh's busy Manimajra area.

A Chandigarh RWA sought eviction of ‘mafia’ street vendors. In HC’s order, a message for ‘elite class’

Bench advocated for social protection of vendors, recommending that fees collected by municipal corporation be allocated to separate budget for their welfare, including insurance & medical facilities.

Chandni Chowk had a grand makeover dream. 3 yrs on, vendors, vehicles, and trash take over

Three years after its much-touted revamp, Chandni Chowk’s old chaos has returned with a vengeance. Now, it is ‘as congested & dirty as before’ right under signboards that promised change.

Despite rap from high command for IDs diktat, Vikramaditya finds support within Himachal Congress

This has put Congress on a sticky wicket while it’s already facing flak—from outside and within—for Vikramaditya’s remarks amid comparisons drawn to similar orders issued by UP govt.

Centre plans to set up 500 street-vending hubs in cities over 5 yrs, studies Thailand, Singapore models

The govt is studying popular global street markets to draw plans for the scheme. Experts say street vendors must be part of planning process.

Uttarakhand calls SC stay order on directives to vendors on Kanwar route potential law-&-order threat

Directives to vendors to display names of owners & staffers are to prevent misrepresentation to Kanwar yatris & in line with central and state laws, says the Uttarakhand government.

Street vendors face constant threat of eviction. Valid licences & law to protect them don’t help

There is a gap between the intent and implementation of the Street Vendors Act across states and UTs, according to vendors and officials.

In Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar, hawkers struggle to get PM loan meant to help them. Red tape is king

Hawkers in Delhi market can’t get street vendor loan as NDMC doesn’t consider them legitimate, but civic body also hasn’t done survey to identify valid vendors in 3 yrs.

Only 2.21% loans went to street vendors by private banks under PM SVANidhi scheme in 3 years

The scheme aims to facilitate collateral-free working capital loans to street vendors who want to restart their businesses that were adversely impacted during Covid-19 lockdown.

SubscriberWrites: Ceiling on the number of street vendors helps no one. Better laws, facilities needed

Civil and legislative bodies should formulate a simple and accessible legal framework for the regulation of street vendors to safeguard their rights, writes Priyank Nagpal.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.