Lok Sabha Question No. 2356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Poverty Level among Urban Workers
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Sudama Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2356

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 13, 2025

## POVERTY LEVEL AMONG URBAN WORKERS

## NO. 2356    SHRI SUDAMA PRASAD:

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

- (a) whether the Government has completed the survey to identify poverty levels among urban workers and if so, the details thereof along with the agencies involved and the criteria used in this regard;
- (b) the details of cities where the survey has been conducted along with the details of key findings from the survey;
- (c) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to tackle urban poverty based on the survey results along with the details of targeted policies  for  affordable  housing,  social  security  and  employment generation; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  extend  the  survey  to  more cities and if so, the name of cities along with the timeline fixed for the same?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a)& (b): It is pertinent to mention that 'Land' and 'Colonization' are State subjects and the implementation of schemes / programmes under this is the  responsibility  of  State  /  UT  Government.  Ministry  of  Housing  & Urban Affairs (MoHUA)  supplements the effort of States/UTs by providing  Central  Assistance  under  'Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)'.

As  per  DAY-NULM  Mission  Document,  the  target  of  DAY-NULM  is  the urban population identified as below poverty line in urban areas by the States/UTs.  The  coverage  may  be  broadened  to  include  families  of disadvantaged groups like SCs, STs, women, minorities, disabled etc. subject to a maximum of 25 percent of the above urban poor population. Accordingly,  States  /  UTs/  ULBs  have  been  undertaking  surveys  for identification of urban poor. DAY-NULM was under implementation until 30 th  September, 2024.

- (c)  &  (d):    Schemes  related  to  housing  for  citizens  are  implemented  by States/Union  Territories  (UTs).  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs including UT of Delhi by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) Mission since 25.06.2015 to provide pucca house with basic amenities to all eligible urban beneficiaries across the country through four verticals i.e., Beneficiary Led  Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in  Partnership  (AHP),  In-Situ  Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS).

Also,  Employment  through  Skill  &  Placement  (EST&P)  component  of DAY-NULM  aimed  to  provide  skill  training  to  urban  poor  in  marketoriented  courses,  enabling  them  to  set  up  self-employment.  Further, Self-Employment  Programmes  (SEP)  component  provides  for  financial assistance to individuals / groups / SHGs of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures of micro-enterprises.

Further, as part of PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, SVANidhi se Samriddhi (SSS) has uplifted more than 44.5 lakh street  vendors  and  their  families,  facilitating  more  than  1.25  crore sanctions under eight welfare schemes of the Government of India.

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