Plight of Indian street vendors: Inherent class bias, bribery stalls lives

Local authorities treat the street vendors like they're doing them a favour

When it comes to assuring protection and justice to street vendors (feriwalas) in India, Delhi seems a bit serious, even as those like Nagaland and Gujarat lag, shows a report published by think tank Centre for Civil Society on Wednesday.

The Street Vendors Act Compliance (SVAC) Index 2017 studied the status of compliance of the Act in Indian states. Of the 23 states (Telangana has been dropped this time, and so have Union territories other than Delhi), Nagaland scored a zero on CCS ranking, along with nine other states. Reportedly, nine states crossed a 50 per cent mark on the