Govt seeks registration from street vendors

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 4: The Department of Drugs and Food Control has asked street vendors of district Srinagar to register themselves under Food Safety and Standards Act in order to avail the benefits of welfare scheme.
In this regard the Drug and Food Control Department issued a order wherein all the street food vendors of district Srinagar were informed to register themselves under Food Safety and Standards Act by accessing Website https://foscos.fssai. gov.in or by approaching nearest CSC (Khidmat) Centre within 10 days so that the benefit of the scheme is availed by them.
The ordered stated that Government of India, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has initiated socio-economic profiling of street vendors and their families under Prime Minister’s SVANidhi beneficiary scheme starting from today.