Will the Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs be pleased to state:-
(a) the details of the schemes and projects being implemented to alleviate urban poverty to generate income through employment and business; and
(b) the details of the achievements in respect of each scheme and project being implemented increasing employment and business income under urban poverty alleviation schemes during the last three years?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
[SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI]
(a) This Ministry is implementing “Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)” in the statutory towns to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households. The Employment Through Skill Training & Placement (EST&P) component of the Mission aims to provide skills to the urban poor to increase their income through structured and market-oriented certified courses that can provide wage employment and/or self-employment opportunities which will eventually lead to better living standards and alleviation of urban poverty on a sustainable basis. Further, Self-Employment Programme (SEP) component focuses on financial assistance to individuals/groups/SHGs of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures or micro-enterprises.
(b) During the period 2015-16 to 2017-18, under EST&P component 3,00,981 skill trained candidates have been placed, under SEP(I&G) 2,61,674 beneficiaries have been assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises and 3,68,091 SHGs brought under SHG- Bank Linkage programme. The details are at Annexure.
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