Vendors to get ID cards to avail govt scheme benefits

GREATER NOIDA: The Greater Noida Authority (GNIDA) will carry out an exhaustive survey of street vendors and hawkers as well as set up a town vending committee to pass on benefits under various government schemes.
The committee, comprising six members, will represent the issues of thousands of hawkers before the authority. Simultaneously, the authority has also launched the process of registering the street vendors to provide them identity cards upon verification of their applications.
Officials said that they want to implement the guidelines framed under the Uttar Pradesh Street Vendors Rules, 2018 and setting up a vending committee is required under the policy. The additional chief executive officer of the authority, Deep Chandra, said: “An amount of Rs 10,000 will be paid to the street vendors under the Prime Minister Svanidhi scheme. The money has to be offered to the vendors since their business was hit due to the lockdown and they need financial support.”
The vendors have to submit their Aadhaar card along with two photographs at the authority’s office, for which the deadline is October 28. A team of officials will visit the area to inquire whether the applicant had been carrying out business and will provide financial assistance. “We will be able to dole out Rs 10,000 and also know the exact number of hawkers and vendors active in Greater Noida. They will be given ID cards too,” added Chandra.
Earlier this year, the Noida Authority had initiated the registration process for hawkers. More than 2,000 vendors had paid the registration amount and were allocated space to conduct business. The Greater Noida officials will also earmark hawking zones around the town and allocate space to the vendors after the registration process.