Question : PEOPLE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

(a) whether the Union Government is aware of the problems of the poor labourers who have migrated from other places of the country to the developed and under developed metro cities of the country;

(b) if so, whether the Union Government has carried out any study of the people, living below poverty line in these metro cities;

(c) if so, the conclusion drawn by the Government on the basis of the study done, metro-wise and State-wise; and

(d) the time by which the problems of the people of specially Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh are likely to be solved?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF URBANEMPLOYMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA )

(a)to(d): Ministry of Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation has not carried out any specific study of the people living below the poverty line in the metro cities who have migrated from the other places of the country. However, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme Swarna jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) is being implemented in the entire country, including the metro cities, to ameliorate the living conditions of the urban poor living below poverty line. The scheme is being implemented in the country, including the cities of Uttar Pradesh.