Lok Sabha Question No. 932 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Employment Guarantee for Urban Poor
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 932 TO BE ANSWERED ON    08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021

## EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE FOR URBAN POOR

## 932. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to start any scheme to ensure wages, employment guarantee and livelihood for urban poor;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  other  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  employment guarantee and livelihood for urban poor and unemployed youth;
- (d) whether any steps have been taken by the Government to provide gainful employment to urban unemployed youth; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (e): Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs is implementing a Centrallysponsored Scheme viz. the '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. The Employment through skills Training  and  Placement  (EST&P)   component  of  the  Misssion  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.

Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Rozgar  Yojna  (ABRY)  Scheme  has  been  launched  to incentivize  employers  for  creation  of  new  employment  along  with  social security  benefits  and  restoration  of  loss  of  employment  during  COVID-19 Employees' Provident  Fund  Organisation  (EPFO),  reduces  the  financial  burden  of  the employers  of  various  sectors/industries  including  MSME  and  encourages them to hire more workers. Under ABRY, the Government of India is bearing both  the  employees'  share  (12%  of  wages)  and  employers'  share  (12%  of wages) of contribution payable or only the employees' share, depending on pandemic. This scheme being implemented through the employment strength of the EPFO registered establishments. Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSME)  is  implementing Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  which  is  a major credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating selfemployment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth. Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  has  been  initiated  by  Government inter alia, for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take  up  industry-relevant  skill  training  that  will  help  them  in  securing  a better livelihood and to meet their employment as well as self employment requirement. Besides these initiatives, flagship programmes of the Government such as Make  in  India,  Digital  India,  Swachh  Bharat  Mission,  Smart  City  Mission, Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation,  Housing  for  All, Infrastructure  development  and  Industrial  corridors  have  the  potential  to generate productive employment opportunities.

Government  has  implemented  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project which comprises a digital portal that provides a nation-wide online platform for the job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner.

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