Coherence Among Street Vendors Act and City Planning Policies Case Study- Patiala

Ajay Kaushal

doi:10.15415/cs.2021.82006

Authors

Ajay Kaushal British Co-Educational School, Lower Mall, Patiala, Punjab-147001, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15415/cs.2021.82006

Keywords:

Coherence, Policy, Street vendors, Informal sector

Abstract

The magnitude of informal sector and its contribution to national economy indicates that 92% of total work force of 457 million in India, work in the informal sector. Informal sector contributes 60% to country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). This sector shares 98% of the total enterprises in the country. As per 2011 census, Patiala has 4.46 lakh urban population served by 22,000 formal units and 7,000 informal units. Out of these 7,000 informal units, about 2000 informal units fall in walled city. This paper is an attempt to review the coherence among the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and the City Planning Policies by studying the provisions made by the urban local bodies (ULB) to address the issues of informal sector under this Act and its integration with the city Master Plan before the enactment and after the enactment of the Vendors Act 2014. For better understanding the author has studied the historical evolution of informal trading activities in Patiala, its growth pattern, trend, spatial distribution, socio economic characteristics, space occupied, movement within informal and formal trade and its impacts on traffic, land use and physical environment. Salient features of The Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act,
2014 have been discussed along with the practical application of the same by Municipal Corporation Patiala and its coherence with the city planning document.

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