The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on 30th November 2021, announced to skill the street vendors of East Delhi and make them eligible for e-cart licenses, improving the hygiene conditions in food preparation and aesthetics of vending. The initiative will be implemented under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) component of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0.
The objective of this programme is 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 providingbetter services to the local bodies.
The project will be implemented by the Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skill Council (THSSC) and training partners of 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 withstaff 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.
All mobilized candidates who have completed registration will go through a counselling session conducted by the Training Partners (TPs)preferably in the presence of MCD officials. The counselling session intends to provide clarity to candidates on their skill competencies, aptitude, interests, opportunities, and structure of the itineraryfor next 4-5 days. The program will be implemented under PMKVY 3.0 which provides for training, certification,and assessment cost along with Rs. 500/- incentive, 3 years and Rs. 2 lakh accidental insurance to the candidates.
Further, to compensate the candidates for income loss during the training, NSDC will ensure that they complete the training of 32 hours and spend about 8 hours a day on training. Customised monitoring and evaluation enhancements visits, verification of previous skills and eligibility ascertained by an initial screening, e- verification calls, and face detection for attendance will also be performed.
