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Their businesses hit by the pandemic, the government micro-credit scheme could have helped the poorest of India's street vendors. But only 11% of them could get a loan
Because of lockdown, most street vendors were not able to earn anything and had to borrow money for survival. Not many will be able to repay the loans offered by the govt, vendors say
A majority of street vendors, due to closure of their business, do not have the liquidity to pay back a loan.
A network and advocacy platform of 636 street vendor organisations representing 867,426 vendors across 25 states of India is bringing together the street food delights from across the country