(a) whether the Union Government proposes to give
special package to various States for providing employment
opportunities in metro cities under the Swarna Jayanti
Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY);
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which this special package is likely
to be given?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT(SHRI SAUGATA ROY)
(a)to(c): The scheme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar
Yojana (SJSRY) has been comprehensively revamped with
effect from 1st April 2009.
The revised SJSRY has following five major components:-
(i) Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP) - Targeting
individual urban poor for setting up of micro-enterprises.
(ii) Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP) - Targeting
urban poor women self-help groups for setting up of
group-enterprises and providing them assistance for their
thrift & credit activities.
(iii) Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban
Poor (STEP-UP) - Targeting urban poor for imparting quality
training so as to enhance their employability for
self-employment or better salaried employment.
(iv) Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP) - Assisting
urban poor by utilizing their labour for construction of
socially and economically useful public assets, in towns
having population less than 5 lakhs.
(v) Urban Community Development Network (UCDN) - Assisting
the urban poor in organizing themselves in self-managed
community structures so as to gain collective strength to
address the issues of poverty facing them and participate
in the effective implementation of urban poverty
alleviation programmes.