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  • Chennai Tourism
    Neelambaran A
    COVID-19: TN’s Tourism Industry Waits Agonisingly for Visitors Despite Relaxations
    16 Oct 2020
    The tourism sector, which is a major contributor to the state’s GDP, has hardly received any support from the government. The relief for workers courtesy welfare boards has been paltry.
  • ‘Streets will Show the Way’: How Vendors are Looking to Tide Over Economic Distress
    Shikha Mukerjee
    ‘Streets will Show the Way’: How Vendors are Looking to Tide Over Economic Distress
    10 Sep 2020
    The National Hawkers Federation, which has about four crore members, has come up with a four-fold plan to tackle the economic fallout of the lockdown due to COVID-19.
  • The Resistance of Senegalese
    Lucia Sabini Fraga
    The Resistance of Senegalese Street Vendors
    02 Sep 2020
    Journalist Lucia Sabini Fraga dialogues with Senegalese street vendors in Argentina and Barcelona who resist state repression and struggle to survive amid the pandemic
  • Street vendors in India
    Ronak Chhabra
    ‘Atma Nirbhar’ Street Vendors: A Far-off Dream, Say Activists
    22 Jul 2020
    Scheme to achieve self reliance hardly covers the country’s vending population; while, the eligible ones are also not able to avail the relief owing to an array of challenges.
  • COVID-19: Maha Govt Refuses to Allow Hawkers, Unions Mull Protest
    Amey Tirodkar
    COVID-19: Maha Govt Refuses to Allow Hawkers, Unions Mull Protest
    14 Jul 2020
    “Put restrictions on us, but having a carpet ban on the business is hurting lakhs of people," said Shankar Salavi, veteran trade unionist and leader of Mumbai Hawkers’ Union.
  • Credit Scheme Excludes Majority of Street Vendors
    Ronak Chhabra
    Credit Scheme Excludes Majority of Street Vendors; Unions Warn of Soaring Social Tension
    08 Jun 2020
    The total strength of street vendors is close to four crore in the country, estimates by vendors’ bodies say. However, the Centre has targeted only 50 lakh for their scheme.
  • Delhi: Street Vendors Face Debt Trap
    Ronak Chhabra
    Delhi: Street Vendors Face Debt Trap in the Absence of Government Relief
    01 Jun 2020
    While the Centre announced a credit facility worth Rs 5,000 crore for the hawkers, a delay in loan relief has tested their patience while demands of cash assistance went unheard.
  • COVID-19: No Relief in Sight for Invisible Street Vendors
    Sumedha Pal
    COVID-19: No Relief in Sight for Invisible Street Vendors
    09 Apr 2020
    The government has announced aid for “recognised” street vendors. However, the majority of them remained un-mapped, and without food or aid from the state.
  • COVID-19: Street Vendors Lose Livelihood
    Neelambaran A
    COVID-19: Street Vendors Lose Livelihood, Deprived of Relief Measures
    31 Mar 2020
    “No announcement has been made on the distribution of relief to the street vendors. Whether the labour welfare department or the PDS shops or the local bodies will distribute the amount remains…
  • COVID-19: Small Vendors, Paan Masala Factory Workers Sent Packing Without Dues in UP
    Abdul Alim Jafri
    COVID-19: Small Vendors, Paan Masala Factory Workers Sent Packing Without Dues in UP
    26 Mar 2020
    Adityanath bans manufacture and sale of paan masala and ghutkha citing coronavirus scare.
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