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Article: 'LEGAL MECHANISM FOR URBAN STREET VENDORS NEEDED'
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- The Hindustan Times
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- July 12, 2006
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NEW DELHI, India, July 12 -- The Government of India's Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation issued the following press release:
A suitable mechanism is needed to enable the urban street vendors earn their livelihood in a legal manner. Delivering the inaugural address on the National Seminar on Urban Street Vendors in New Delhi today the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja said that street vendors are often subjected to harassment by the police and the local authorities due to lack of regulated norms.
She said that the street vending is not ...