law: The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 
  7. Criteria for issuing certificate of vending.
  The criteria to be followed by the Town Vending Committee for
  
  issuing certificate of vending to a street vendor shall be as specified in the
  
  scheme, which may, apart from other things, provide for preference to the
  
  Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, women, persons
  
  with disabilities, minorities or such other categories as may be specified in
  
  the scheme.