Programme for upskill Street Food Vendors

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.

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.