Lok Sabha Question No. 3164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Implementation of NULM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. D. Purandeswari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3164

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 07, 2025

## IMPLEMENTATION OF NULM

## NO. 3164. DR. D. PURANDESWARI:

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

- (a)    whether  the  National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) has been successfully implemented to improve the livelihood opportunities of urban poor and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  main  objectives  of  the  mission  including  its  focus  on  skill development, self-employment and market-based employment opportunities for the urban poor;
- (c)  the  initiatives  taken  under  NULM  for  organizing  urban  poor  into grassroots  level  institutions  including  the  involvement  of  street vendors;
- (d) the provision of shelter and essential services for the urban homeless including  the  progress  made  in  providing  such  facilities  as  of  July 2025; and
- (e)  the  steps  being  taken  to  ensure  easy  access  to  credit  for  selfemployment ventures  under  the  mission  along  with  the  number  of people benefitting from these provisions?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a)&(b): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, MoHUA implemented National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) in 2014 and it ended on 30 th   September,  2024.  The  mission  aimed  to  reduce  poverty  and vulnerability  of  the  urban  poor  households  by  enabling  them  to access  gainful  self-employment  and  skilled  wage  employment opportunities, in order to improve their livelihoods on a sustainable basis,  through  building  strong  grassroot  level  institutions  of  the urban poor. The achievements made under the mission till 30.09.2024 across the country are as under:

| No. of Self Help Groups (SHGs) formed                                           | 10,02,545   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| No. of SHGs given Revolving Fund                                                | 6,79,705    |
| No. of Candidates Skill Trained                                                 | 15,42,952   |
| No. of Skilled Candidates Placed                                                | 8,43,299    |
| No. of Beneficiaries assisted for setting up individual/Group Micro Enterprises | 9,81,899    |
| No. of loans disbursed to SHGs under Bank linkage Programme                     | 6,42,207    |
| Number of Street Vendors issued ID card                                         | 32,59,522   |
| Number of SUH functional                                                        | 1,995       |

- (c):  The  Support to Urban Street Vendors (SUSV) component of NULM addressed  livelihood  concerns  of  the  urban  street  vendors  by facilitating survey, issue of certificates and identity cards, creation of  required  physical  infrastructure  for  vending  zones,  pro-vendor urban planning and provision of skills to urban street   vendors for accessing emerging market opportunities.
- (d): Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH) component of NULM, focused on providing permanent shelters equipped with basic facilities for the urban homeless. As reported by States/UTs, a total of 1,995 shelters have been made functional across the country till the implementation period of the mission.
- (e):The Mission provided financial assistance to individuals/groups/SHGs of  urban  poor  for  setting  up  gainful  self-employment  ventures  or micro-enterprises.  The  details  of  number  of  beneficiaries  till  the implementation period of the mission is as under:-

| No. of Beneficiaries assisted for setting up individual/Group Micro Enterprises   | 9,81,899   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
| No. of loans disbursed to SHGs under Bank linkage Programme                       | 6,42,207   |

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