Terms of Reference for research study under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojna Program

1. Title of the Study: Role of Hawkers in the Urban Informal Sector and Internalizing Hawking Activities and Spaces in the City Planning and Development Process

2. Agency Assigned and Project Director:

• School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
• Prof. J M Ansari, Professor of Planning

3. Purpose of Assignment: The study will have the following objectives:

• To examine the nature and extent of hawking activities as part of the urban informal sector in Delhi and its contribution to the economy of the city.
• To analyse the spatial dimensions of hawking activities in relation to locational attributes, physical characteristics of space, structural condition of establishments and associated urban problems
• To understand the nature of relationship between planned, informal and hawking activities
• To evolve guidelines for incorporating hawking activities in city planning and development process and suggest norms and standards for location, layout planning of hawking areas and design of physical structures to accommodate hawking activities
• To explore the possibilities of incorporating the Urban Informal Sector like Hawking into the Scheme of SJSRY
• The access of street vendors to institutional credit, rate of interest at present usually paid by them to the moneylenders; scope and modality of improving such access
• The problem of space, the importance of location and monthly rental for alternative locations when offered by Govt. or local bodies the solution to such problems whether night hawking or hawking on holidays can be considered in central districts of major cities as one of the options
• Impact of globalisation and consequent redundancy of the informal sector
• Protecting the hawkers from unauthorised harassment by various agencies

4. Programme to be suited: To carry out detailed research to analyse:

• The nature and types of hawking activities
• Behavioral pattern of hawkers, their role in the economy of cities, and perceptions of people about their usefulness to the society
• The location pattern of hawking areas, associated urban problems and physical characteristics of spaces and establishments used for hawking activities, and
• Legal and institutional framework to integrate hawking activities in the city planning and development process

5. Agency for Reviewing the Study: UPA Division, Ministry of Urban Development, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi

6. Duration of the Project: Twelve months only from the date of commissioning the study and release of first installment

7. Total funds approved for the study: Rs.4.20 lakhs (Rupees four lakh and twenty thousand only) (All inclusive)

8. End Product: A comprehensive report in triplicate along with computer floppy

9. Release of funds: Funds for the study would be released in three installments i.e. 40%, 40% and 20%. The first installment (40%) of the grant will be released after SPA communicates its acceptence of terms of reference. Next 40% is to be released on submission of the draft report to the Ministry. The final 20% ias to be released on submission of the final report and its acceptance by the Ministry. DPA is required to submit an un-audited expenditure report after receipt of final payment. The audited statement of accounts shall be submitted as quickly as possible after close of the financial year.