THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF
THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS
[SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI]
(a) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing the “Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)” to reduce the poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households. The Mission covers all the statutory towns in the country, to be decided by the States as per their local need and capability. The Mission has seven components. Details of the components under DAY-NULM are attached at Annexure-I.
(b) DAY-NULM is being implemented in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra since the beginning of the Mission in 2014. Details of implementation of DAY-NULM in these States are at Annexure-II.
(c) & (d) In 2014-15, funds were allocated among the States/UTs on the basis of their urban population. Also, the allocation amount included the unspent balance available with the States at the beginning of 2014-15, in addition to the budgetary allocation under DAY-NULM for that year. Accordingly, Rs 228.15 Crores and Rs 157.98 Crores were allocated to the States of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh respectively in 2014-15. The amounts released to Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh were Rs 128.54 Crores and Rs 46.55 Crores respectively in 2014-15. A statement showing details of funds allocated and released from 2014-15 to 2017-18 is at Annexure-III.
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Annexure-I
Brief Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY - NULM) referred to part (a) of reply LSUQ No. 5913 for answer on 03.04.2018.
Details about the seven components of DAY-NULM are as follows:
1. Social Mobilization and Institutional Development (SM&ID) envisages mobilisation of urban poor women, differently-abled men and men in vulnerable occupations into Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations/collectives.
2. Capacity Building and Training (CB&T) enables engagement of dedicated expert manpower for implementation of the Mission at State and city levels as well as for capacity building of community institutions and government functionaries.
3. Employment through Skills Training and Placement (EST&P) provides for skill development of urban poor in market-oriented courses to enable them to earn sustainable livelihoods.
4. Self-employment Programme (SEP) provides interest subvention on loans to individuals/groups of urban poor for setting up self-employment ventures/ micro-enterprises.
5. Support to Urban Street Vendors(SUSV) supports pro-vendor urban planning, survey and identification of urban street vendors, development of vendors’ market, etc.
6. Shelters for Urban Homeless (SUH) supports provision of 24X7 permanent shelters equipped with essential services for the urban homeless.
7. Innovative & Special Projects (I&SP) promotes pioneering efforts, aimed at catalysing sustainable approaches to urban livelihoods through Public, Private and Community Partnership (PPCP).
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