Zomato, Govt Join Hands For Home Delivery of Street Food in 6 Cities | Complete Details Here


New Delhi: Now people in some cities across the country will be able to get street food at their door-step, thanks to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) for taking such initiative along with food delivery start-up Zomato. As per updates, the Ministry has joined hands with Zomato for home delivery of street food in six cities. Also Read – PayPal to Shut Its Domestic Payments Business in India From April 1, Will Focus on Cross-border Payments

As a part of Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atmanibhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme, the MoHUA entered into MoU with Zomato, to bring street food vendors on its food-tech platform. Also Read – ‘Yeh Noida Mei Yeh Sab Hota Hai?’ Tweets Swiggy Customer After Order Gets Snatched from Delivery Boy

Issuing a statement, the MoHUA said that initially MoHUA and Zomato will run a pilot program by on-boarding 300 vendors across six cities namely – Bhopal, Ludhiana, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Vadodara. Also Read – Zomato Receives 4,100 Orders Per Minute on New Year’s Eve, CEO Deepinder Goyal Live-Tweets Stats

“The street vendors will be helped with PAN and fssai registration, training on technology/ partner app usage, menu digitization and pricing, hygiene and packaging best practices. Upon the successful completion of the pilot, MoHUA and Zomato plan to expand this initiative across the country in phases,” it said.

As per the agreement, the MoHUA said it will give street food vendors online access to thousands of consumers and help these vendors grow their businesses.

The MoHUA also launched the Mobile Application for PMSVANidhi se Samriddhi- Socio-economic profiling of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries and their families to link them to various Central government Schemes.

“Covid-19 pandemic has restricted consumers from stepping out and forced them to follow physical distancing norms. In the given scenario it is important to connect Street Food Vendors with technology-enabled platforms to help them grow their business, thus helping them gain financially,” said the ministry.

In a first of its kind initiative, MoHUA entered into an MoU with Swiggy on October 5 last year and it is now joining hands with Zomato to empower street food vendors with digital technology.

The MoHUA has coordinated with the key stakeholders including Municipal Corporations, fssai, Zomato and GST officials to ensure that street food vendors are facilitated in completing the necessary prerequisites for this initiative.

(With inputs from IANS)


Speak Your Mind

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Get in Touch

350FansLike
100FollowersFollow
281FollowersFollow
150FollowersFollow

Recommend for You

Oh hi there 👋
It’s nice to meet you.

Subscribe and receive our weekly newsletter packed with awesome articles that really matters to you!

We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info.

You might also like

EPFO subscribers can follow these steps to rectify their...

New Delhi: Of the numerous questions regarding online rectification of details by Employees' Provident...

Demand for air purifiers shoots up – Times of...

NEW DELHI: Demand for air purifiers is on fire in Delhi-NCR area and also...

All That Glitters: India’s Gold-Backed Loan Provider Benefited From...

M. G. George Muthoot. Dileep Prakash/PhotoInk for...