Street Vendors’ Laws and Legal Issues in India

By SEWA on November 01, 2014

Street vending is not only a source of self-employment to the poor in cities and towns but also a means to provide ‘affordable’ as well as ‘convenient’ services to majority of the urban population”. This paper examines Laws and Legal Issues pertaining to Street Vendors in India.

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