Summary:
The hawkers' issue in Mumbai, which is lingering around for almost three decades now, is nowhere to see an immediate solution, as there is a doubt among citizens that there will be any positive development despite Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) crackdown on illegal hawkers in the city. The Mumbaikars are supposedly concerned with a lackadaisical attitude of authorities in implementing the hawkers' policy. Finally, in 2014, the Central Government enacted the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act. As per the Center's Act, the local body should have formed a Town Vending Committee (TVC) which will have representatives of hawkers, street vendors, traffic, bank, associations, and residents. The TVC is supposed to conduct surveys to identify street vendors, issue certificates to eligible vendors, recommend areas to be declared non-hawking zones, identify sites and spaces for hawking, regulate timings among others..