Badavara Bandhu scheme to contain private money lending
Govt to provide interest-free financial assistance to street vendors
Bengaluru, September 4: Cooperative Minister Bandeppa Kashempur said that in order to protect the street vendors from the harassment of private money lenders, the government has planned to introduce Badavara Bandhu scheme to provide financial assistance to them.
After visiting the Yeshwanthpur vegetable market and receiving a memorandum from the vendors here on Tuesday, the Minister said that the private money lenders have been misusing the helplessness of the street vendors. The vendors have to pay their majority portion of their earnings for daily interest. So, the government has planned to introduce the scheme to put an end to this menace, he said.
The government was planning to introduce mobile app-based interest-free and pledging-free financial assistance to the vendors. This would help the vendors against spending majority portion of their earnings to the interest. Under this scheme, the vendor could get the amount he or she would require for a day business and by evening, they have to return the amount, he said.
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SC asks states to treat rising child trafficking cases as grave; seeks coordinated action
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has voiced grave concern over rising cases of child trafficking, saying gangs are operating across the country and if States and Union territories do not take immediate action, thing will go beyond control.
The court said only the state government and its home department can act vigilantly in this regard.
“As a court we can monitor, but ultimately the action has to be on the part of the state government, the police, and other agencies. Therefore, this is our humble request”, a bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said during the hearing of a plea on Wednesday.
The bench was irked over the "lackadaisical" approach of several states and UTs in implementing a 2025 judgment aimed at dismantling organised trafficking networks.
Justice Viswanathan said the retrieval of children in some cases proves the problem can be tackled, but it requires a level of political and administrative will which is lacking at present.
The verdict, delivered on April 15, 2025, had mandated several institutional reforms, including completion of trials in trafficking cases within six months on a day-to-day basis.
It had also directed strengthening of Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) and improving investigation standards.
Besides asking for setting up of state-level committees to monitor vulnerable trafficking hotspots, it had asked the authorities to treat missing children cases as trafficking unless proven otherwise.
Earlier, the bench had termed the compliance reports filed by a few states as "nothing but an eye wash."
On Wednesday, the bench noted that Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Odisha, and Punjab had still failed to file reports in the prescribed format.
When the home secretary of Madhya Pradesh offered an apology for the lapse, the bench granted a "final opportunity" but warned that continued failure would lead to states being officially branded as "defaulting".
The bench noted that at least 15 states are yet to constitute review committees mandated to identify and monitor trafficking-prone areas.
The matter will now be heard on April 29.
