Street Vendors Bill

The story caught our attention and we were left in awe of a Chinese women's resilience in the face of adversity.

Parishioners text tithes to their churches. Homeless street vendors carry mobile credit-card readers. Even the Abba Museum, despite being a shrine to the 1970s pop group that wrote "Money, Money, Money," considers cash so last-century that it does not accept bills and coins.

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief Ajay Maken today sat on a day-long hunger strike in New Delhi to demand the enactment of the Street Vendors Act, 2014.

Reaching out to street vendors, Rahul Gandhi today made a strong pitch for a fair deal to them, including better facilities, and vowed to work for their cause.

With proceedings in parliament remaining disrupted, the government was unable to introduce the street vendors bill - a pet legislation of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi - in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday when opposition MPs objected to introducing bills in the din.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today appealed to opposition parties to support the passage of six anti-corruption bills as also the Street Vendors Bill in the Parliament session starting Wednesday.

The street vendors bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on Friday, is being seen as a progressive legislation for vendors that would save them from alleged harassment by police and civic agency staff.

A bill which seeks to protect street vendors against harassment and regulate their activities in public areas today received the nod of the government.

The story caught our attention and we were left in awe of a Chinese women's resilience in the face of adversity.

Parishioners text tithes to their churches. Homeless street vendors carry mobile credit-card readers. Even the Abba Museum, despite being a shrine to the 1970s pop group that wrote "Money, Money, Money," considers cash so last-century that it does not accept bills and coins.

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief Ajay Maken today sat on a day-long hunger strike in New Delhi to demand the enactment of the Street Vendors Act, 2014.

Reaching out to street vendors, Rahul Gandhi today made a strong pitch for a fair deal to them, including better facilities, and vowed to work for their cause.

With proceedings in parliament remaining disrupted, the government was unable to introduce the street vendors bill - a pet legislation of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi - in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday when opposition MPs objected to introducing bills in the din.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today appealed to opposition parties to support the passage of six anti-corruption bills as also the Street Vendors Bill in the Parliament session starting Wednesday.

The street vendors bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on Friday, is being seen as a progressive legislation for vendors that would save them from alleged harassment by police and civic agency staff.

A bill which seeks to protect street vendors against harassment and regulate their activities in public areas today received the nod of the government.