The Town Vending Commitee shall perform following functions and duties, namely :—
(1) To ensure that the identity cards shall be issued to the street vendors after its preparation by the Municipality ;
(2) To collect the fee for registration or renewal of registration of street vendors as determined by the Municipality ;
(3) To collect fees and other charges for registration and its renewal, usage of parking space for mobile stalls and availing of civic services and other charges/fee made through banks ;
(4) To grant, renew, suspend or cancel registration certificates to street vendors ;
(5) To identify and designate vending zones and to set the terms and conditions for hawking/vending ;
(6) To specify timings for vending in vending zones ;
(7) To maintain the records of land, street, footpath, embankment, waiting area, parks and other public places designated for vending ;
(8) To conduct or cause undertake periodic surveys of vending zones ;
(9) To collect, maintain and update data regarding street vendors ;
(10) To determine quantitative norms for different categories of stationary and mobile stalls in the vending zones ;
(11) To assess and determine maximum holding capacity of each vending zone ;
(12) To identify and declare area as restriction free vending zones, restricted free vending zones with regard to days and time, and no vending zones ;
(13) To ensure fixation of signboard at each vending zone to indicate kind of vending zone, its boundaries and vending times ;
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(14) To declare place and timing of vendors’ markets for weekly haats, night bazaars, holiday bazaars, hawker’s plaza, theme-based markets and festival bazaars and ensure their continuation and upgradation ;
(15) To ensure adequacy of and monitor the civic amenities including water, sanitation, waste management, electricity and other facilities provided by the Municipality in the vending zones ;
(16) To monitor activities of street vendors and the implementation and execution of the scheme ;
(17) To ensure that the quality of products and services provide to the public and public health, hygiene and safety standards as specified by the Municipality are maintained ;
(18) To ensure that allotted stalls are utilized by the vendors in accordance with the terms and conditions specified ;
(19) To specify the terms and conditions for issue, renewal, suspension or cancellation of registration ;
(20) To determine actions including imposition of fine for violating the terms and conditions for registration ;
(21) To promote awareness regarding credit through institution mechanisms ;
(22) To determine norms for regulating the activities of street vendors ;
(23) To determine terms and conditions for providing benefit of insurance, maternity benefits, old age pension and other social security schemes to the street vendors in case of death, illness or disability ;
(24) To lay down guidelines for organizing associations and self-help groups of street vendors ;
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(25) To conduct or make arrangement for organizing training programmes for street vendors with a view to equip them with entrepreneurship and technical and business skills ;
(26) To redress grievances of and resolve disputes amongst the street vendors and take corrective actions against defaulters ;
(27) To allocate any duties and responsibilities to the Ward Vending Committee for effective implementation of the scheme ;
(28) To discharge any other functions as assigned by the Government or Municipality in regard to regulating street vending and rehabilitation street vendors in urban areas.