Lok Sabha Question No. 5295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: DAY-NULM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5295

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 25, 2019

## DAY-NULM

No. 5295 SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

Will the Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  is  considering  to  extend outreach of its flagship project Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)  among  the poorest of poor in the country through a series of events;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government has taken note that numbers of eligible people have not been able to get benefit under the Mission, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Union Government  is also considering to conduct  'safety  net  survey'  to  identify  eligible  people  who are  left  out  under  the  said  scheme  and  if  so,  the  details
- thereof;
- (e) whether  the  survey  is  also  being  conducted  to  identify eligible  Self-Help  Group  (SHG)  members  not  covered  under the said Mission and if so, the details thereof indicating the number of SGH members working at present in the country, State-wise; and
- (f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  significant progress under the Mission?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) & (b): The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs is implementing  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) to reduce poverty and vulnerability  of  urban  poor  households  by  enabling  them  to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, for improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis. The mission also aims to build strong grassroot level institutions of the urban poor.

The Ministry has organized 'Shehri Samridhi Utsav', a fortnight of events under DAY- NULM, from 1st -15th February 2019, to extend its'  outreach  to  the  poorest  of  the  poor  and  the  most vulnerable,  showcase  the  initiatives  and  strengthening  the safety net for the beneficiaries by facilitating their access to other welfare.

- (c)  to  (e):  One  of  the  activities  during  the  Shehri  Samridhi Utsav was to identify eligible Self Help Groups (SHG) members through  Safety  Net  Survey  for  linking  them  with  various government  schemes  namely,  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (U), Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (U),  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Dhan  Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri Suraksha  Bima  Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Yojana and National Nutrition Mission. Statement showing number of SHGs formed under DAY-NULM since 2014-15, State/UT-wise is at Annexure.
- (f):  The Ministry is regularly monitoring implementation of the Mission in all the States/UTs through meetings, video conferences and correspondences.

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Annexure

Details of number of Self Help Groups (SHGs) formed under DAYNULM since 2014-15, State/UT-wise as referred to in part (c) to (e) of LSUQ No. 5295 for 25.07.2019.

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        |   Number of SHG |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |           27869 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |             629 |
| 3         | Assam             |            7049 |
| 4         | Bihar             |           18381 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |           26783 |
| 6         | Goa               |             215 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |           17398 |
| 8         | Haryana           |            3062 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |            2136 |
| 10 Jammu  | & Kashmir         |            1838 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |           10662 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |            9748 |
| 13        | Kerala            |           11457 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |           24481 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |           45057 |
| 16        | Manipur           |            2643 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |             257 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |            2247 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |            1349 |
| 20        | Odisha            |           24636 |
| 21        | Punjab            |            5717 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |           16253 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |              58 |
| 24 Tamil  | Nadu              |           53534 |
| 25        | Telangana         |           17838 |
| 26        | Tripura           |            1621 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |           30667 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |            1143 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |           31299 |
| 30 A &    | N Islands         |               2 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |             317 |
| 32        | D & N Haveli      |               0 |
| 33        | Daman & Diu       |               0 |
| 34        | Delhi             |               9 |
| 35        | Puducherry        |              57 |
|           | Total             |          396412 |

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