Hawkers & hawking space : a study of commercial centers in the NDMC area of Delhi (Also available on CD)
Sharma, Shweta
Hawkers & hawking space : a study of commercial centers in the NDMC area of Delhi (Also available on CD) - 2008 - iii,xix,159p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I PREFACE II TABLE OF CONTENTS III - VI LIST OF FIGURES VII LIST OF TABLES VIII - IX LIST OF MAPS & PHOTOS X EXECUTIVE SUMMARY XI - XVII CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 - 11 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: 1 1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: 4 1.3 AIM: 4 1.4 OBJECTIVES: 4 1.5 SELECTION OF STUDY AREA: CRITERIA 5 1.6 METHODOLOGY: 6 1.6.1 Stage 1: Literature Search: 6 1.6.2 Stage 2: Primary Source Information: 6 1.6.3 Stage 3: Analysis of primary and secondary source information 7 1.6.4 Stage 4: Issue identification, proposals & recommendations 7 1.7 Scope & Limitations of the study 9 1.8 Organization of the Study: 10 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 12 - 37 2.1 INFORMAL SECTOR - THE CONCEPT 12 2.2 THEORIES GOVERNING INFORMAL SECTOR - CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS 15 EARLY DEBATES REGARDING THE CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR CRYSTALLIZED INTO FOUR DOMINANT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT, AS FOLLOWS: 15 2.3 HAWKERS AND INFORMAL SECTOR 18 2.4 GENESIS OF MUNICIPAL LAWS REGARDING VENDORS 25 2.4.1 The Bombay Municipal Corporation Act (1882) 26 2.4.2 Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act (1949) 27 2.4.3 The Bombay Police Act (1951) 27 2.5 Supreme Court Orders: 29 2.6 Constitutional Provisions 32 2.7 POLICY PROVISIONS FOR HAWKERS IN INDIA 33 2.7.1 Case studies: 33 2.8 National policy for Urban Street Vendors, 2004 34 2.9 Issues: 36 CHAPTER 3 HAWKING IN DELHI: AN INSIGHT 38 - 42 3.1 DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH OF DELHI 38 3.2 TREND OF URBANIZATION IN DELHI 1901-2001 38 3.3 HAWKERS IN DELHI 40 CHAPTER 4 POLICY PERSPECTIVE: AN OVERVIEW OF POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR HAWKING IN DLEHI 43 - 54 4.1 DELHI MASTER PLAN PROVISIONS 43 4.1.1 Master plan of Delhi, perspective 2001 43 4.1.2 Master plan of Delhi, perspective 2021 46 4.2 STATUS OF MASTER PLAN PROVISIONS 47 4.3 TEHBAZARI LICENSING MECHANISM 47 4.4 NATIONAL POLICY FOR URBAN STREET VENDORS, 2004 49 4.4.1 Basic objectives of the National Policy for Urban Street Vendors 50 4.4.2 Context of Hawking: 50 4.4.3 Norms and Standards 51 4.4.4 Infrastructure and Support Services 51 4.4.5 Implementation Mechanism for Hawking Provisions 51 4.5 STATUS OF NATIONAL POLICY ON URBAN STREET VENDORS IN INDIA, IN DELHI 53 4.6 MAJOR FINDINGS 53 CHAPTER - 5 JUDICIAL PERSECTIVE: AN OVERVIEW OF MAJOR COURT JUDGEMENTS ON HAWKING 55 - 61 5.1 EXISTENCE OF HAWKING - A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO LIVELIHOOD 55 5.1.1 Sodan Singh v/s NDMC (1989) 4 SCC 155 55 5.1.2 Gainda Ram v/s MCD (1992) 5 SCC 52 56 5.1.3 Thareja Committee and Chopra Committee 56 5.2 SPATIAL ALLOCATION FOR HAWKERS: HAWKING AND NO - HAWKING ZONES, VENDOR MARKETS 58 5.2.1 Bombay Hawkers Union and others v/s Bombay Municipal Corporation and Others (1985) 3 SCC 528 58 5.3 REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED HAWKERS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL POLICY ON URBAN STREET VENDORS 59 5.4 MAJOR FINDINGS 60 CHAPTER 6 PROJECT INITIATIVES FOR HAWKING SPACES IN DELHI 62 - 68 6.1 OPEN PLATFORMS FOR HAWKERS BY DDA 62 6.1.1 Coverage 62 6.1.2 Infrastructure Provisions 62 6.1.3 Implementation Process 63 6.1.4 Strength and Limitation of the Project 65 6.2 MODEL MARKET IN SEWA NAGAR 66 6.2.1 Coverage 66 6.2.2 Infrastructure provisions 66 6.2.3 Strengths and Limitations of the Project 66 6.3 AREAS UNDER TEHBAZARI LICENSING IN DELHI 67 6.4 MAJOR FINDINGS 67 CHAPTER 7 SOCIO - ECONOMIC SURVEY 69 - 110 7.1 DELHI ADMINISTRATION 69 7.1.1 Demographic profile: Delhi & NDMC 70 7.1.2 Land ownership and land use 71 7.2 INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY SITES: 72 7.2.1 Connaught Place 72 Image 7.1: Connaught Place 73 Image 7.2: Sites surveyed in Connaught Place 74 Image 7.3: Inner & Outer Circle in Connaught Place 74 Image 7.4: Janpath Market 75 Image 7.5: Mansingh Place & Rivoli Cinema 75 Image 7.6: Krishi Bhawan 76 Image 7.7: Palika Bazaar in Connaught Place 76 Image 7.8: Scindia House 77 Image 7.9: Shivaji Stadium 77 7.2.2 Sarojini Nagar 78 7.2.3 Khan Market 82 7.3 STATUS OF HAWKING PROVISIONS IN THE SURVEYED SITES 84 7.4 ORGANIZATION & GROUPS ACTIVE IN THE SURVEYED SITES 84 7.5 PRIMARY SURVEY ANALYSIS - HAWKER QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY 84 7.5.1 Socio - Economic Survey 84 7.6 CONCLUSION: 109 CHAPTER 8 HAWKING SPACE & PERCEPTION ANALYSIS 111 - 128 8.1 SPATIAL ASPECTS OF HAWKING 111 8.1.1 Structural Condition 111 8.1.2 Size of Hawking Units 112 8.2 DURATION OF STAY IN THE MARKET 115 8.3 TERMS & CONDITIONS OF HAWKING IN STUDY AREA 116 8.4 LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF HAWKERS 117 8.4.1 Overall Satisfaction Level of Hawkers 117 8.4.2 Preference to bring children into the same occupation 119 8.4.3 Preference for Relocation 119 8.5 USER PERCEPTION 121 8.6 PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH TRADE ASSOCIATIONS & RWAS 123 8.6.1 Consultation Methodology 123 8.7 MAJOR FINDINGS: 127 CHAPTER 9 MAJOR FINDINGS AND ISSUES 129 - 134 9.1 POLICY LEVEL FINDINGS 129 9.1.1 Issue: 129 9.1.2 Conflict: 129 9.1.3 Conflicting Actors: 129 9.1.4 Reasons of Conflict: 129 9.2 IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL FINDINGS 130 9.2.1 Issue: 130 9.2.2 Reasons for the conflict: 130 9.3 CASE STUDY FINDINGS 130 9.3.1 Terms & Conditions of Operation 130 9.3.2 High Dependent Population 130 9.3.3 Negligible/ Low Education level of Hawkers 131 9.3.4 Low Levels of Income Earned 131 9.3.5 Long hours of work 132 9.3.6 Lack of On - Site Infrastructure Facilities 132 9.3.7 Lack of credit facilities 133 9.3.8 No preference for relocation by hawkers 133 9.3.9 Nuisance v/s Necessity 133 9.4 CONCLUSION: 134 CHAPTER 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 135 - 148 10.1 POLICY LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS 135 10.1.1 Recommendation Level 1 - Master Plan Provisions 135 10.1.2 Recommendation Level 2 - Judicial Interference 135 10.2 IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS 136 10.2.1 Tehbazari Licensing regime should be replaced by a registration system for hawkers 136 10.2.2 Organizing Vending Activity 136 10.2 CASE STUDY LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS 139 10.3.1 Abolition of Tehbazari 139 10.3.2 Provision of economic opportunities for dependent members on hawkers 139 10.3.3 Imparting of education & specific skills 140 10.3.4 Improving Economic Status of Hawkers 140 10.3.5 Infrastructure provision on site 140 10.3.6 Avoid relocation of Hawkers, as far as possible 141 10.3.7 Provision of proper hawking space to avoid conflict with customers 143 10.3.8 Integration of Hawking units with organized retail spaces in their present location itself 146 10.4 CONCLUSION 147 BIBLIOGRAPHY: 149 APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HAWKERS 152 APPENDIX II: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR USERS 157 APPENDIX III: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HAWKER 159 ASSOCIATION/UNION 159
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Hawkers & hawking space : a study of commercial centers in the NDMC area of Delhi (Also available on CD) - 2008 - iii,xix,159p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I PREFACE II TABLE OF CONTENTS III - VI LIST OF FIGURES VII LIST OF TABLES VIII - IX LIST OF MAPS & PHOTOS X EXECUTIVE SUMMARY XI - XVII CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 - 11 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: 1 1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: 4 1.3 AIM: 4 1.4 OBJECTIVES: 4 1.5 SELECTION OF STUDY AREA: CRITERIA 5 1.6 METHODOLOGY: 6 1.6.1 Stage 1: Literature Search: 6 1.6.2 Stage 2: Primary Source Information: 6 1.6.3 Stage 3: Analysis of primary and secondary source information 7 1.6.4 Stage 4: Issue identification, proposals & recommendations 7 1.7 Scope & Limitations of the study 9 1.8 Organization of the Study: 10 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 12 - 37 2.1 INFORMAL SECTOR - THE CONCEPT 12 2.2 THEORIES GOVERNING INFORMAL SECTOR - CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS 15 EARLY DEBATES REGARDING THE CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR CRYSTALLIZED INTO FOUR DOMINANT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT, AS FOLLOWS: 15 2.3 HAWKERS AND INFORMAL SECTOR 18 2.4 GENESIS OF MUNICIPAL LAWS REGARDING VENDORS 25 2.4.1 The Bombay Municipal Corporation Act (1882) 26 2.4.2 Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act (1949) 27 2.4.3 The Bombay Police Act (1951) 27 2.5 Supreme Court Orders: 29 2.6 Constitutional Provisions 32 2.7 POLICY PROVISIONS FOR HAWKERS IN INDIA 33 2.7.1 Case studies: 33 2.8 National policy for Urban Street Vendors, 2004 34 2.9 Issues: 36 CHAPTER 3 HAWKING IN DELHI: AN INSIGHT 38 - 42 3.1 DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH OF DELHI 38 3.2 TREND OF URBANIZATION IN DELHI 1901-2001 38 3.3 HAWKERS IN DELHI 40 CHAPTER 4 POLICY PERSPECTIVE: AN OVERVIEW OF POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR HAWKING IN DLEHI 43 - 54 4.1 DELHI MASTER PLAN PROVISIONS 43 4.1.1 Master plan of Delhi, perspective 2001 43 4.1.2 Master plan of Delhi, perspective 2021 46 4.2 STATUS OF MASTER PLAN PROVISIONS 47 4.3 TEHBAZARI LICENSING MECHANISM 47 4.4 NATIONAL POLICY FOR URBAN STREET VENDORS, 2004 49 4.4.1 Basic objectives of the National Policy for Urban Street Vendors 50 4.4.2 Context of Hawking: 50 4.4.3 Norms and Standards 51 4.4.4 Infrastructure and Support Services 51 4.4.5 Implementation Mechanism for Hawking Provisions 51 4.5 STATUS OF NATIONAL POLICY ON URBAN STREET VENDORS IN INDIA, IN DELHI 53 4.6 MAJOR FINDINGS 53 CHAPTER - 5 JUDICIAL PERSECTIVE: AN OVERVIEW OF MAJOR COURT JUDGEMENTS ON HAWKING 55 - 61 5.1 EXISTENCE OF HAWKING - A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO LIVELIHOOD 55 5.1.1 Sodan Singh v/s NDMC (1989) 4 SCC 155 55 5.1.2 Gainda Ram v/s MCD (1992) 5 SCC 52 56 5.1.3 Thareja Committee and Chopra Committee 56 5.2 SPATIAL ALLOCATION FOR HAWKERS: HAWKING AND NO - HAWKING ZONES, VENDOR MARKETS 58 5.2.1 Bombay Hawkers Union and others v/s Bombay Municipal Corporation and Others (1985) 3 SCC 528 58 5.3 REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED HAWKERS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL POLICY ON URBAN STREET VENDORS 59 5.4 MAJOR FINDINGS 60 CHAPTER 6 PROJECT INITIATIVES FOR HAWKING SPACES IN DELHI 62 - 68 6.1 OPEN PLATFORMS FOR HAWKERS BY DDA 62 6.1.1 Coverage 62 6.1.2 Infrastructure Provisions 62 6.1.3 Implementation Process 63 6.1.4 Strength and Limitation of the Project 65 6.2 MODEL MARKET IN SEWA NAGAR 66 6.2.1 Coverage 66 6.2.2 Infrastructure provisions 66 6.2.3 Strengths and Limitations of the Project 66 6.3 AREAS UNDER TEHBAZARI LICENSING IN DELHI 67 6.4 MAJOR FINDINGS 67 CHAPTER 7 SOCIO - ECONOMIC SURVEY 69 - 110 7.1 DELHI ADMINISTRATION 69 7.1.1 Demographic profile: Delhi & NDMC 70 7.1.2 Land ownership and land use 71 7.2 INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY SITES: 72 7.2.1 Connaught Place 72 Image 7.1: Connaught Place 73 Image 7.2: Sites surveyed in Connaught Place 74 Image 7.3: Inner & Outer Circle in Connaught Place 74 Image 7.4: Janpath Market 75 Image 7.5: Mansingh Place & Rivoli Cinema 75 Image 7.6: Krishi Bhawan 76 Image 7.7: Palika Bazaar in Connaught Place 76 Image 7.8: Scindia House 77 Image 7.9: Shivaji Stadium 77 7.2.2 Sarojini Nagar 78 7.2.3 Khan Market 82 7.3 STATUS OF HAWKING PROVISIONS IN THE SURVEYED SITES 84 7.4 ORGANIZATION & GROUPS ACTIVE IN THE SURVEYED SITES 84 7.5 PRIMARY SURVEY ANALYSIS - HAWKER QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY 84 7.5.1 Socio - Economic Survey 84 7.6 CONCLUSION: 109 CHAPTER 8 HAWKING SPACE & PERCEPTION ANALYSIS 111 - 128 8.1 SPATIAL ASPECTS OF HAWKING 111 8.1.1 Structural Condition 111 8.1.2 Size of Hawking Units 112 8.2 DURATION OF STAY IN THE MARKET 115 8.3 TERMS & CONDITIONS OF HAWKING IN STUDY AREA 116 8.4 LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF HAWKERS 117 8.4.1 Overall Satisfaction Level of Hawkers 117 8.4.2 Preference to bring children into the same occupation 119 8.4.3 Preference for Relocation 119 8.5 USER PERCEPTION 121 8.6 PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH TRADE ASSOCIATIONS & RWAS 123 8.6.1 Consultation Methodology 123 8.7 MAJOR FINDINGS: 127 CHAPTER 9 MAJOR FINDINGS AND ISSUES 129 - 134 9.1 POLICY LEVEL FINDINGS 129 9.1.1 Issue: 129 9.1.2 Conflict: 129 9.1.3 Conflicting Actors: 129 9.1.4 Reasons of Conflict: 129 9.2 IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL FINDINGS 130 9.2.1 Issue: 130 9.2.2 Reasons for the conflict: 130 9.3 CASE STUDY FINDINGS 130 9.3.1 Terms & Conditions of Operation 130 9.3.2 High Dependent Population 130 9.3.3 Negligible/ Low Education level of Hawkers 131 9.3.4 Low Levels of Income Earned 131 9.3.5 Long hours of work 132 9.3.6 Lack of On - Site Infrastructure Facilities 132 9.3.7 Lack of credit facilities 133 9.3.8 No preference for relocation by hawkers 133 9.3.9 Nuisance v/s Necessity 133 9.4 CONCLUSION: 134 CHAPTER 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 135 - 148 10.1 POLICY LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS 135 10.1.1 Recommendation Level 1 - Master Plan Provisions 135 10.1.2 Recommendation Level 2 - Judicial Interference 135 10.2 IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS 136 10.2.1 Tehbazari Licensing regime should be replaced by a registration system for hawkers 136 10.2.2 Organizing Vending Activity 136 10.2 CASE STUDY LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS 139 10.3.1 Abolition of Tehbazari 139 10.3.2 Provision of economic opportunities for dependent members on hawkers 139 10.3.3 Imparting of education & specific skills 140 10.3.4 Improving Economic Status of Hawkers 140 10.3.5 Infrastructure provision on site 140 10.3.6 Avoid relocation of Hawkers, as far as possible 141 10.3.7 Provision of proper hawking space to avoid conflict with customers 143 10.3.8 Integration of Hawking units with organized retail spaces in their present location itself 146 10.4 CONCLUSION 147 BIBLIOGRAPHY: 149 APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HAWKERS 152 APPENDIX II: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR USERS 157 APPENDIX III: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HAWKER 159 ASSOCIATION/UNION 159
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