(a) Whether the Government have formulated any special scheme to reduce the
increasing population in metro cities and provide employment to the unemployed persons
at their places of residence itself;
(b) If so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the time by which such scheme is likely to be formulated?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND
DISINVESTMENT (SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a) :
(i) There is no special scheme for reducing the increasing population in Metro cities;
(ii) Under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) which is under
implementation since 1.12.1997, assistance in the form training, supply of tool-
kits, and financial assistance including bank credit, is given to urban poor below
the poverty line who are unemployed or underemployed, to set their own self-
employment ventures. These ventures can also set up in their own residences.
Till date 2, 38,155 beneficiaries have been assisted under the programme, and
1,79,693 beneficiaries have been given training.
(b): Details of the scheme are enclosed.
(c): In the light of (a) and (b) above, this is not applicable.
Annexure
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was launched with effect
from 1.12.1997 subsuming the earlier Urban Poverty Alleviation Programmes
viz, Nehru Rozgar Yoajana (NRY), Urban Basic Services for the Poor (UBSP)
and Prime Minister`s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
(PMIUPEP). This scheme seeks to provide gainful employment to the urban
unemployed or underemployed poor through encouraging the setting up of self-
employment ventures or provision of wage employment. This programme relies
on creation of suitable community structures on the UBSP pattern and delivery of
inputs is through the medium of Urban Local Bodies and such community
structure. The SJSRY is funded on a 75:25 basis between center and the states.
The SJSRY consists of the following two special schemes:
A. Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP) B. Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)A. Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP)
Financial Progress Funds released during AllocationPHYSICAL PROGRESS
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 for 2000-2001
Urban Self-employment Programme (USEP) 62.41 82.62 50.23 83.96 Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP) 30.19 48.75 51.57 54.54 Community Structure (CS) 6.03 27.10 16.97 25.20
Total 98.63 158.47 118.77 163.70
Mandays of work generated 232.51 lakhs
Assistance for Community Structures
Beneficiaries covered 273.89 lakhs Persons trained 2,37,763
Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP) Beneficiaries assisted 2,38,155 Persons trained 1,79,693
Development of Women and Children in Urban Areas (DWCUA)
DWCUA groups formed 8,734 Women beneficiaries of DWCUA groups 11,413
Thrift & Credit Societies (T&CS)
T&CS formed 36,842