“UPGRADATION OF THE QUALITY OF STREET FOOD”

1. “UPGRADATION OF THE QUALITY OF STREET FOOD” UNDER MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES , GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NEW DELHI ,INDIA

2. INVOLVEMENT THE RAJASTHAN STATE NODAL AGENCY :- JAIPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION JAIPUR ,RAJASTHAN THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTING AGENCY HAHNEMANN CHARITABLE MISSION SOCIETY JAIPUR ,RAJASTHAN

3. VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERSThese stakeholders will work in groups at different stages and play their roles for the success of the scheme • STATE GOVERNMENT • URBAN LOCAL BODIES • JAIPUR POLICE ADMINISTRATION • JAIPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION • BANKS/FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS • INSURANCE COMPANIES • CERTIFICATION & ACCREDIATATION AUTHORITIES • VENDOR’S UNION • VENDORS • CONSUMER GROUPS

4. INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME • Street food is toothsome, inexpensive, and convenient and also is a large source of employment generation. It is a treasure house of local culinary tradition and is increasingly playing an important role as an enhancer and force multiplier of tourism sector all over the world. However, the main concern involved is the quality of food that is served. On the other hand, the issues of vendors’ identity, their economic sustainability and health conditions, etc are also the areas of concern. • Accordingly, during the XI five year plan period, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, India is piloting initiatives in selected cities /towns to ensure that the hygiene and quality of food that is consumed in the streets is not compromised. In order to ensure economic sustainability and betterment of the livelihood of street food vendors on the one hand and to ensure safe and hygiene food to the consumers on the other hand including the concerns of tourism sector in view, the Ministry has formulated the scheme of “Upgradation of the Quality of Street Food”

5. OBJECTIVES BEHIND THE CONCEPT OF SAFE FOOD TOWNS /STREETS • To provide identity to the street food vendors in the unorganized sector and bring them into the national mainstream • Provide economic sustainability to the street food vendors • Upgrade safety and hygiene and thereby quality of processed/unprocessed street food and appropriate capacity building • Promote clean, safe and good sanitary food services at affordable rates in urban areas

6. Cities/Towns selected by the Ministry for Pilot Project are • Jaipur (Rajasthan) • Ludhiana (Punjab) • Guwahati (Assam) • Delhi • Mahabalesheswar ( Maharastra) • Rachi (Jharkhand) • Kochi (Kerala)

7. STREET FOOD

8. The Places of Permanent Street Food Vendors in Jaipur • Infront of Amer Mahal Fort • Bapu bazar Link Road • Polo Victory Area, Station Road • M.I. Road • C-Scheme, Infront of Railway Station • Nehru Bazar, Ajmeri Gate • Bani Park, Jawahar Nagar, Moti Dungri

9. The Places of Temporary Street Food Vendors in Jaipur • Gopalpura, Indra Bazar, Agra Road • J.L.N Road, Tonk Road, 22 Godam, Adarsh Nagar, • Bhrampuri, Chandpol, Durgapura • Galta Gate, Jagatpura, Kishanpol Bazar • Mahesh Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Mansrovar • Motidungri, Raja Park, Sanganer, SMS Hospital • Sodala, Tonk Road, Tripoliya Bazar.

10. CUSTOMER PROFILE AS ASSESSED • People who can’t afford preparing breakfast at home • Immigrant bachelors • People who go to their work in the early hours • Adda Labour • Students and other youngsters • Cine Goers and Shoppers • Evening Walkers • The people who are fond of “Ready To Eat Food” • Office Goers

11. WHAT IS HCMS The Project Implementing Agency, Hahnemann Charitable Mission Society ,an NGO which have been successfully and efficiently working in the field of Rural & Urban Poor Development , Empowerment ,Health & Family Welfare, Environmental Conservation & development, Livelihood & Capacity Building and Agro Food Processing since 1996 in all over India; IS all set ready to start this project with its expertise team of Doctors, Food & Nutrition Experts, Survey Agency ,Testing Lab House, Supervisors ,etc.

12. We are Engaged in:- • Health & Hygiene • Rural & Urban Development • Women & Child Development • Livelihood and Capacity Building Programmes for Rural Youth, Farmers, Women, Child, SHG and UGs, etc • Land Development • Nursery development & Cultivation of Medicinal, Horticulture, Herbal, Aromatic & Jatropha • Organic farming through Vermi Compositing • Promotion of Neem Manure & Pesticides • Dairy Development • Seasonal Crop Demonstration • Natural Resource Management • Orientation Training to Water Users Group • Agro Forestry

13. OUR ROLE IN THIS PROJECT Identification (Bio metric)of the Street Food Vendors The 1700- 1800 food vendors will be chosen from 4 zones of Jaipur Zone 1/North West Central Zone 2 /North East Central Zone 3 / South West Zone 4/ South East Survey of 1800 Street food (unorganized) vendors in Jaipur Survey will be done in the below given time slab: Morning – 8-12 pm – 4 hours Noon- 1-3pm – 2 hours Evening – 5 -9.30 pm – 5 hours Total 30 surveyors Distribution of Surveyors will be done on the basis of zones’ strength

14. Continued. Meetings with ULBs (Urban Local Bodies) & Various Stakeholders • Preliminary Discussion Meetings to bring about a coordinated approach among the concerned authorities and the concerned vendors. • Meeting of the Vendors’ Unions with representative vendors. • Meeting with the Police Chiefs of each region. • JMC department time to time • Meetings with Chief medical Officers time to time Testing of Food samples • Samples which are gathered from each vendor at the time of survey and submitted to the testing laboratory per day. • 2 samples per vendor will be taken • The samples will be taken and stored, the way suggested by the testing lab

15. Continued Assess the need of Health Checks • Will assess their health condition from the survey report. • Health Check up to conduct Identification of street food vendors for support. Training will be conducted • 1000 vendors will be chosen from the survey report out of 1800 food vendors • 1 day Workshop for trainers • Training to vendors by the trainers • Total vendors -1000 Per batch 40 vendors/Hence, 25 batches Per day 3 batches will be conducted • Facilitation of Identity cards to these trained vendors • Designing of the food cart/kiosk

16. Continued Meeting with the local agencies, insurance companies ,banks and other stakeholders • To monitor the trained vendors by taking help from the Jaipur Police, JMC and other related bodies (if needed) • To provide the vendors with insurance and micro finance • To assist the vendors to get an allotted space, license and certification from the regulatory bodies • All the related activities to accomplish these tasks • Insurance Value per vendor will be as per mutual understanding of the food ministry and the insurance company. • Micro Finance on Food cart-Rs.35,000 /vendor at Rate of Interest /expected – 12% • The micro finance will be as per the Ministry / JMC norms and bank rules

17. Continued Monitoring of the trained vendors • Monitoring will be done by us with the help of survey team • To take the food samples by them • To send them to the laboratory for testing of their samples • To check whether they have used the finance for the food cart purchase and establishment or not Testing sample : • Samples will be taken from the trained vendors who are now having their own food cart accredited by the JMC. • 2 food samples will be taken Detailed Project Report The detailed project will be submitted to the JMC

18. THE ENTIRE PROJECT COSTRS.12,14,125.00 TIME DURATION OF WHOLE PROJECT 1 YEAR/12 Months

19. DESIGN OF FOOD CART WILL BE EXPECTED TO LOOK LIKE

20. INSURANCE & MICRO FINANCE • Micro Finance will be provided to the trained vendors on the Food Carts at the grant of 25% and at rate of interest will be expected to be 10-12% basis • The life Insurance will be to himself and 4 other members of his family

21. Benefits • The Director, Mr. Atul Gupta, believes that the provision of authorized vending space, identity cards and certificate will really manage the entire street food vendor city. It will help the Jaipur Police and JMC to control the vendors’ unauthorization. • The idea behind, on one hand, is to encourage the concept of “Clean & Tasty Street Food” through incentive mechanism for the vendors, urban local bodies. And other hand, provision of economic stability and capacity building of these street food vendors. • These vendors, along with their family members, will have life insurance . • They will be allotted with one fixed authorized space in the market. • The customers, who feel good and enjoy eating out ,can have safe and hygienic street food with their families.

22. The complete project will be conducted, coordinated and monitored by Hahnemann Charitable Mission Society Jaipur under the command of Jaipur Municipal Corporation of Jaipur Rajasthan. THANKS: HAHNEMANN CHARITABLE MISSION SOCIETY OFFICE ADDRESS:301,MAHAVEER NAGAR-II MAHARANI FARM,DURGAPURA JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN-302018) 0141-5139005 EMAIL – hcms_96@yahoo.co.in WEB – www.hcms.info