How many street vendors are there in Mysuru?

Though the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is yet to launch a fresh survey of street vendors in the city, the number of applications received for the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM

Though the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is yet to launch a fresh survey of street vendors in the city, the number of applications received for the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), a special micro-credit facility for street vendors launched by the Centre last year, crossed 20,000 in Mysuru. MCC Additional Commissioner Shashi Kumar told The Hindu that over 20,000 applications from the city had been received for the scheme, which seeks to provide collateral-free working capital loans upto ₹10,000. However, the total number of street vendors in MCC limits with an identity card and a vending certificate is no more than 1,856 at present. “We will be starting a fresh survey of street vendors in the city soon,” he said.