New York City Council passes bill to help Street and Small Vendors

March 4, 2008 in vendors

New York’s City Council has passed a bill to issue 1,000 new permits for street vendors to sell fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods where fresh produce is scarce. The council voted 37-9 on Wednesday to issue the permits, which will be distributed among the five boroughs in neighborhoods where at least 15 percent of people [...]

Rajasthan – New Tax on Corporates selling Fruits and Vegetables

March 4, 2008 in Uncategorized

Dear Friends,
Small traders and hawkers won another battle. This time in Rajasthan. In its fifth budget, Rajasthan’s BJP government has proposed several ’small trader’ friendly proposals – including a four percent tax on fruits and vegetables sold by corporate-run food stores like Reliance Fresh and Spencers. The levy is aimed at protecting street vendors. Prabhulal [...]

Kerala Trade Shuts down – 150,000 traders protest on HallaBol Day

March 4, 2008 in BJP, advertisers, ahmedabad, association, bangalore, bankers, banks, chennai, congress, db, energy, framework, franchise, freight, gulf, hsbc, insurance, khudra, kirana, kolkata, legal, lobbies, logistics, marketing, mumbai, oil, packing, plastics, ports, pune, puri, rail, risk, roads, sanghathan, transport, trucks, vizag, vyapar
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Highlights of the Halla Bol Protest
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Total Shut Down and Mammoth Rally of 150,000 Traders in Kerala on Halla Bol
Feb 23, 2008: Traders in Kerala today downed shutters as part of the nation-wide Halla Bol protest against the entry of retail giants into the retail trade. Reports from various parts [...]