NATIONAL URBAN LIVELIHOOD MISSION

Urban development, including urban poverty alleviation is a State subject and the implementation of schemes/programmes under this is the responsibility of State/UT Governments. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) supplements the effort of States/UTs by providing Central Assistance under “Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)”.

The scheme has the objective of reducing poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, in order to improve their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots level institutions of the urban poor. The mission aims at providing shelters equipped with essential services to the urban homeless. In addition, the Mission addresses livelihoods concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security, etc.

 The Employment through Skill Training & Placement (EST&P) component under the Mission aims to provide skill training to urban poor in market-oriented courses, enabling them to set up self-employment ventures or secure salaried employment. Further, Self-Employment Programme (SEP) component focuses on financial assistance to individuals/groups/Self Help Groups of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures or micro-enterprises. District-wise details of physical progress under the scheme are not maintained at the Central level.

 The number of livelihoods created, persons skilled and trained, ID Cards issued to street vendors, shelter spaces created for the homeless and Certificate of Vending issued to the beneficiaries, State-wise including Tamil Nadu is at Annexure-A. The number of beneficiaries and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) created under DAY-NULM, State-wise including Tamil Nadu is at Annexure-B.

To enhance the reach of the programme, the scheme is monitored by a Governing Council chaired by the Hon’ble Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and an Executive Committee chaired by the Secretary of MoHUA at Central level. At the state level, it is monitored by a Governing Council (GC) and Executive Committee (EC). At the City/ULB level, the mission is monitored by an Executive Committee chaired by Municipal Commissioner. Further, the Ministry conducts regular seminars, conferences, workshops with the States/ULBs for outreach of the programme. In addition, IEC activities are conducted through awareness campaigns regularly under the Mission.

The details of funds released under DAY-NULM for Andhra Pradesh in the last three years are as follows:

This information was given by the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Tokhan Sahu, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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ANNEXURE – A

STATE-WISE PHYSICAL PROGRESS SINCE 01.04.2014 TILL 15.07.2024 UNDER DAY-NULM

ANNEXURE – B