Karnataka Cabinet clears Rs 42 crore subsidy to provide vehicles for street vendors in GBA jurisdiction

The cabinet Thursday provided “administrative approval for the scheme to provide subsidy to the qualified organisations in the Empanelment Tender for purchase of e-vending vehicles desired by eligible street vendors.”

Last year, Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, who is in-charge of the development of Bengaluru city, had indicated that 27,665 street vendors had registered for the supply of vending carts as part of efforts to move street vendors to designated zones in the city.

“Tenders will be called for manufacturing this. We are bringing this scheme to ensure that the police, hooligans and officials don’t bother the street vendors,” he had stated in 2025.

The Karnataka government also announced an eight per cent interest last year “for loans up to Rs 1 lakh for the registered street vendors who have reached the maximum loan limit under PM Swanidhi Scheme, to help them expand their business.”