“Streets India” has been planned to eliminate the hardships of the Street Vendors and give them a stable livelihood along with a sustainable business model ,strongly backed by a strong Supply Chain backbone managed by efficient processes and experts. This business model also provides equal ownership for the vendors , who will be primary stakeholders in the venture. The customers of this business will enjoy quality and hygienic street side food products and services, in a better and rich ambience of the specially designed push carts delivered by vendors who are trained in a highly proficient manner.
The main purpose of this business venture is to organise the Street vendors for a long lasting and sustainable solution to their livelihood by carrying out the following activities under umbrella support of this organisation whilst meeting social needs for upliftment of this category of population
- Organising Vendors under a central Organisation Bringing together illiterate and unemployed personnel and physically challenged people(BPL) in the area of operations under a single organisation “Streets India” for providing employment oppurtunities and welfare measures.
- Structured training in preparation and selling of popular street side foods in a hygienic and healthy way. The business model is also planned to include services like Party Orders, Home Delivery orders, supply of raw materials to other vendors who are not part of this business model also
- Provisioning of Infrastructure and Financial Support Providing Resources such as specially designed Push Carts, Utensils and accessories with the help of subsidised loans from Banks as well as Microfinance organisations
- Backend Support : Providing the backend support of Supply Chain for supply of raw materials to the Street side locations allowing the vendors to focus on their core area of selling products and services
- Welfare Measures: Streets India will also take care of the very essential needs such as Health Care cover using Micro Insurance, Educational and Personality training for Beneficiaries and their dependents
- Legitimising Street Vending: Streets India will initiate actions to interact with the local government agencies/ Muncipal corporations for legalizing Street vending and lay down regulations for allowing Street Vending which would be both mutually beneficial to the Government agencies as well as the stakeholders i.e street vendors
- Integrating Alternative Sources of Revenue Streets India will also integrate alternative sources of revenue such as Advertisements and Promotions, which will be riding on the specially designed Push Carts and allowing the vendors to earn a sufficient income from this business Venture
- Inclusive Participation: It is a unique case which will witness collaboration of public, private and community organizations for building a market which works exclusively for the urban poor (Street Vendors)
