Programme for upskill Street Food Vendors

Context

Recently, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) announced a pilot project to train 2,500 street food vendors in Delhi under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) component of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0.

Key-points

• Objective: To provide relevant skills to the Street Food Vendors leading towards
  • better services to consumers
  • more opportunities to vendors for revenue generation
  • awareness on regulations and stipulated rules in return providing better services to the local bodies
• In this pilot phase, the programme will be implemented to skill the street vendors of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).
• Implementing Agency: This programme will be Implemented by the Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skill Council (THSSC) and training partners of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
• Under the initiative, the Street Food Vendors will be educated on health and safety standards, safety provisions under COVID-19 protocols, effective communication techniques with staff and customers, new-age skills such as digital literacy, financial literacy, digital payments and e-selling. 
  • The vendors will also be supported with loans under the Mudra Scheme.

Benefits of the initiative

• Upliftment to the sector: Initiatives like SVANidhi and RPL training for Street Food Vendors will help in the upliftment of street vendors who always lacked attention.
• Social security: It will provide social security and safety to 4,000 vendors in east Delhi and 25 lakh street vendors nationally.