Govt Unveils Scheme For Street Vendors In JK
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory administration has unveiled a scheme for the protection of the livelihood of street vendors and regulation of vending in the UT.
Documents in possession of news agency KNO lay bare that the scheme has been rolled out under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.
The scheme will be applicable to all the municipal bodies/Municipalities in the Union Territory of the Jammu and Kashmir from the date as may be notified by the government in the official gazette.
As per its guidelines, the town vending committee of the concerned urban local body such as a municipal corporation or municipal council shall conduct the survey of street vendors itself or get it done through a suitable agency.