informal sector about T nagar and marina beach in chennai

1. INFORMAL SECTOR
(CHENNAI)
PRITHIVI MOHAN
2120200111
4th Sem, 2nd year
Dept. of Planning
SPA-Vijayawada

2. Studies have shown that, all over India, street vendors have paid more than
Rs.400 crore annually as bribes. Everyday they wage a relentless battle to retain
their vending spots. Many of them work for long hours at designated areas to
make a buck or two. For some it is a primary source of income, whereas some
treat it as a part-time job – another source to meet the growing needs of their
families and rising prices.
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

3. Basic profile of street vendors
The survey revealed that 95.2% of the 63 respondents are within the 18-60 age-
bracket. This implies that these vendors, who are technically a part of the able
working force, have remained in the informal sector of the economy. With respect to
their area of trade, nearly three-fourths of the vendors are involved in selling fruits
and flowers as well as general food items. While the gender ratio seems to be nearly
equal (32 females and 31 males), it was observed that the majority of the female
street vendors sell fruits, vegetables and flowers, while the males generally tend to
sell food items (tender coconut, fast food etc.). Furthermore, 47% of these street
vendors have been here for longer than five years; most have been here for longer
than ten years.
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

4. MARINA BEACH
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

5. INFORMAL SHOPS LOCATED IN MARINA
• Ice cream shops
• Cool drinks
• Accessories shops
• Sea shell shops
• Toys
• Balloons
• Horse riding
• Fish stall
• Food items
• Photography etc.
Scores of vendors and hawkers operate on the
Marina, along with food stall owners, joy ride
operators and vendors who offer horse riding
for a fee. The Madras High Court, in an interim
injunction, restrained civic authorities from
permitting the hawkers and vendors to carry on
their business on the beach. Most of the
vendors and hawkers work in two or more than
two jobs to earn sufficient money to run their
families.
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

6. Siva Kumar*, a vendor who resides in
Mt.Road, sells fruit juice in the morning
and returns to the beach at 4 o’clock to
sell balloons. “These days you cannot
sustain your family with one job. The
expenses are too high. Money which I get
from selling juice and balloons is irregular.
Sometimes I make good money
sometimes I don’t. During weekends I
make Rs.400 but, it is not the same during
weekdays,” he says.
*name changed
P. Ramakrishna*, an ice-cream vendor, also
dabbles in two professions to make his ends meet.
He is a fisherman by day and an ice-cream vendor
by night. “The stretch from Anna Square to Light
House is divided into different areas with more
than 2000 vendors. Each area has an association
which collects Rs.20 per individual per month, to
pay the policemen.
Ramakrishna says, “I live in the nearby fishing
village* and my family depends primarily on
fishing. Being the sole earning member of my
family, I took up this job of selling ice-cream. If the
government plans to relocate us, where will I go?”
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

7. hawkers on the Marina Beach
CHENNAI: An association of hawkers on the Marina Beach has approached the Madras high
court challenging an earlier order asking authorities not to allow shops on the promenade. It
also sought to be impleaded as a party to the pending proceedings.
Noting that the vendors had been doing business all these years without causing any hindrance
to public and visitors, the petition said all the shops are makeshift facilities and no permanent
construction had been made by them on the beach.They functioned from 3pm to 10pm, and
there was no justification for the authorities to interfere with their routine, without following
any mandatory procedure of law.
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

8. The Street Vendors’ (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2012 is
an outcome of the Supreme Court’s recognition of ‘street vending’ as a source of livelihood
after long struggle by vendors associations, unions and civil society. The draft was approved
by the Union cabinet on August 17, 2012 and was introduced in the Lok Sabha on September
6, 2012. The legislation focuses on protection of vendors from harassment by police and civic
authorities, representation of women and vendors in the decision making bodies,
demarcation of vending zones and establishment of a dispute resolution mechanism with an
effective grievance redressal.
According to the bill, anyone who has been a vendor for 14 years or more can register
themselves as street vendors with theTownVending Committee (TVC) and pay a one-
time fee which would allow them to operate in ‘specific vending zones’. Identification
cards would also be issued for this purpose.
Responses to Proposed Street Vendor Bill
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

9. T.NAGAR

10. Ranganathan Street is located in Theagaraya Nagar on
the approach to the Mambalam railway station, Many
commercial establishments can be found on
Ranganathan Street. It is one of the busiest streets of
Chennai. The street is a famous icon of Theagaraya
Nagar and due to its proximity to the Mambalam
railway station and the Theagaraya Nagar bus
terminus, people from all parts of Chennai flock to
Ranganathan Street for shopping, especially during
the festive seasons. The place is very crowded at all
times during the year.
Some of the well-known outlets on Ranganathan
Street include Textile Stores. Every kind of household
articles, music CDs, apparel and accessories can be
obtained at the many stores that line the street.
Vegetable and flower vendors sell their fresh wares
right on the street.
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

11. Provisions
1. It will do away with the existing license system that is misused to harass
vendors
2. Anyone over 18 years can apply and register as street vendor on payment of
one-time fee.
3. Once registered, they will be given identity cards entitling them to sell their
wares in specified vending zones.
4. It mandates municipalities to set up restriction free vending zones/ night
bazaars where hawkers can sell their ware, through vending committees.
5. It sets regulations for hawking activities in public spaces such as pavements,
parks, and thoroughfares.
6.The proposed law also has clear provisions for protecting and promoting
weekly and natural markets, besides grievance redressal mechanisms and
transparency provisions.
Source:MHUPA
Role ofTVCs
1. Each street vendor will be registered under the supervision of aTownVending
Committee (TVC)
2.This will be headed by the respective municipal commissioner
3. Each vendor will be given an identity card with a code number and category.
4.TVCs are responsible for registration and record-making and the modalities of
eviction
5.TVCs would form city-specific zoning laws on the basis of consensus among
stakeholders. In demarcating vending zones, theTVCs will maintain a proper
balance between usable space and the number of vendors without compromising
the issues of traffic, public health, and environment.
6.This would be achieved through three zonal categories: No-Vending Zones,
Restriction-freeVending Zones, and RestrictedVending Zones
What policy interventions could be made?
INTRODUCTION PROFILE OF STREETVENDORS STUDY AREA
MARINA BEACH
T.NAGAR
MARINA BEACH INFORMAL SHOPS CASE STUDY STREETVENDOR BILL
T.NAGAR RANGANATHAN STREET ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
CONCLUSION

12. 1) Street vendors contribute directly to the overall
level of economic activity, and to the provision of
goods and services;
2) Citizens have constitutional rights to choose
their occupations and to engage in
entrepreneurial activities;
3) Street vending is an actual or potential source
of government tax revenues;
4) Street vending serves as a social safety-net;
5) Street vending is a laboratory for
entrepreneurship, family business and social
interaction
; 6) Street vending provides entrepreneurial
opportunities to people who cannot afford to buy
or rent fixed premises;
7) Street vendors greatly expand the range of
places and times where goods and services can be
provided, and sometimes they also offer goods
and services which are not available in off-street
locations;
8) Street vendors bring life to dull streets;
1) Street vendors are not evenly spread
across the city.
2) Street vending reduces the number of
routes available to motor vehicles, it
impedes door-to-door deliveries and
collections, and it may create access
problems for emergency vehicles;
3) Street vendors may block the routes
of egress from crowded buildings like
theaters, stadiums and department
stores, increasing the scale of the
tragedy in the event of a major fire,
explosion, toxic gas escape or mass
hysteria;
4) Street vendors can and often do
“forestall” off-street businesses,
attracting potential purchasers as they
walk into a concentration of on- and
off-street business activity;
5) Street vendors often fail to give
receipts and keep accounts, to pay
taxes on their earnings, and to charge
sales or value added taxes to their
customers;
 arguments in support of street vending  arguments commonly used against street vending
CONCLUSION
SOURCE:
Contextualising Urban Livelihoods: Street Vending in India
- Abhayraj Naik*

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REFERENCE
 To hawk or not to hawk!-Venkat Sandeep Bandla (Asian College of Journalism)
 CHAPTER 4-CASE STUDIES OF SELECTED STREETS IN CHENNAI
 ContextualisingUrban Livelihoods: Street Vending in India - Abhayraj Naik*
 http://tnlabour.in/?p=1266