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POLICY REVIEW

Figure 1: Numerous sales transactions in a market full of street vendors

Source: https://blog.synclarity.in/marketing/tag/sales

from from peri-urban important segment (vii) It has a large share of
areas/rural areas. (USVs) of urban poor in women beneficiaries
the city. covering 40 % of USVs
Empirical data also show receiving the scheme.
synergy of PMSVANidhi with (iv) Retaining USVs also kept It is an important
theme of Habitat Day 2022. supply of essential goods contribution towards
The picture is indicative of the and service (vegetables, gender equity and
vibrancy and activity in urban fruits, street food, health /hygiene as
local markets where the street barber shops, cobblers, well as impact on IMR,
vendors bring the essential Pan Kiosk, laundry etc) MMR (Infant/Maternal
supplies (Figure 1). Almost to urban dwellers in Mortality Rate) etc.
all the themes of 2030 Agenda place during COVID
for sustainable development pandemic. (viii) It provided a model
figure in the remarkable of livelihood to poor
achievement of the scheme. (v) PMSVANidhi developed through a well-
a national data base designed package of
(i) The scheme is unique for of USVs which can be loans, incentives and
its outstanding outreach used to extend multiple concessions.
with the access to 85% support measures to
of census size (5 million beneficiaries. FOCUS OF UNSDG AND
USVs). WORLD HABITAT DAY
(vi) Promoted income
(ii) It has achieved financial enhancement among 2022
inclusion of USVs urban poor benefitting Performance of PMSVANidhi
to bring them in the the households of USVs, in relation to main focus areas
mainstream. thus, covering a larger and UNSDGs as a whole is
chunk of urban poor. given in Table 2. This covers
(iii) It has retained the COVID, Conflict, Institutional

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