Lok Sabha Question No. 834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 834 ANSWERED ON JULY 2022 21,

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## INDIRA GANDHI URBAN EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME

## NO. 834. SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government is aware of Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme launched in Rajasthan for the
2. unemployed people in urban areas;
- b) if so, whether the Government proposes to bring such a scheme for providing one hundred  days of guaranteed employment in urban areas on the lines of MGNREGS in the villages;
4. if so, the details thereof; and
- d) if not, the details of the alternative provided for the sustenance and livelihood of crores of poor unemployed people in the urban areas?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a): As reported by the Government of Rajasthan, it has announced the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme in its budget 2022-23 to provide employment for 100 days in a year to the families residing in urban areas:

(b)& (c): SirNo,

(d): Urban poverty is broadly contributed by migration in search of better living conditions from rural and smaller urban areas, in addition to issues intrinsic to the cityIssues that urban poor mainly encounter in the city are access to health, education; sanitation, skills and livelihoods.

Urban development, including urban poverty alleviation is a state subject: To complement the efforts of Statel UT governments, the Government of India is  implementing various schemes to address these issues.

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) is being implemented to reduce poverty and vulnerability urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful  self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, in order to improve their livelihoods on a

Government is also implementing PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme since June 01, 2020, to facilitate micro-credit to street vendors, vending in urban areas so that they can restart their business which were adversely affected during the Covid-19 pandemic. Under this scheme, Street Vendors may avail a working capital Ioan of up to in the second and third tranches respectively, on repayment of earlier tranche.

Further, Government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) to address urban housing shortage; Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to provide basic services and build amenities in cities to improve the quality life all, especially the poor and the disadvantaged; Swachh Bharat Mission Urban (SBM-U) for garbage free neighbourhoods; National Urban Health Mission(NUHM) to provide equitable and quality primary health care services to the urban population with special focus on the slums and vulnerable population; Skill India Mission for providing skill training in market relevant courses; Samagra Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education; etc. for

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