Educational & Social Welfare Society
A soft skill training camp was organized by Hans Vahini Educational & Social Welfare Society on 17th September, 2016 at N-19, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi – 110017.
The attendees were informed regarding the Office Etiquettes and Marketing/ Packaging Skills.
“Social Empowerment Camp & Disabilities Equipment Distribution” Ceremony was organized by National Institute for Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 25th December, 2015 at New Delhi. Chief Guest of the ceremony was Shri Thavar Chand Gehlot (Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment), and the ceremony was headed by Dr. Harshvardhan (Minister of Science and Technology).
Hans Vahini Educational & Social Welfare Society distributed the smart phones and the tablets to the people with low vision and no vision on the behalf of NIVH and ALIMCO.
HVESWS is working on the project “Preparation of City Street Vending Plans” for Kota and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, Cluster 2 & 4 in Jharkhand and 8 towns in Odisha to support to Urban Street Vendors (SUSV) under National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM). It seeks to address the concerns of urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces for vending, institutional credit, improved skills and social security linkages.
Before the Survey:
HVESWS is responsible for end to end survey for the project City Street Vending Plan. It is also providing the application software and database support for the survey work. Qualified surveyors are collecting the primary data for the vendors in the electronic format. The survey is conducted on a whole city basis covering one area (ward/ zone/ specified part of city) at a time. The survey include the information like name, name of parents, address, Identity proof (if any), telephone number , Place of vending, Type of vending activity, Time/Duration of engagement as a vendor, If identified as beneficiary / poor for any of government schemes, If they have bank account, If they have knowledge of NULM scheme etc.
The identified street vendors are enumerated and numbered for bio metric process and the verification of address proof is being also done by the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), so that the Identity Cards issued to the surveyed street vendors can act as sufficient documentation for opening of their bank accounts, getting loans from banks, accessing social benefits, etc.
Continuous dialogues is also held with the ULBs, Traffic police, City police, Planning and development authorities and other local agencies.
Awareness camps are being organised to educate vendors regarding different govt schemes which can be beneficial for their business activity. Street vendors are given assistance to get their bank accounts open under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana for their financial inclusion in formal financing system. NWESWS with the help of SJSRY scheme is creating a financial interface between vendors like Chit funds, Committee System etc and formal sector financial institutions like banks etc to gain access to micro finance or larger credit whenever the need arises.
Street vendors are also given assistance for availing the prevailing social security schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, RSBY:Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna
