Lok Sabha Question No. 218 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Schemes for Urban Poor and Urban Workers
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender, Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 218

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 13, 2025

## SCHEMES FOR URBAN POOR AND URBAN WORKERS

NO. 218. SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY: SHRI EATALA RAJENDER:

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

- (a) whether the Government has given priority to assist urban poor and vulnerable  groups  and  also  has  a  scheme  for  socio-economic upliftment  of  urban  workers  to  improve  their  incomes,  have sustainable livelihoods and a better quality of life; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  progress  made  thereof  along  with  the  funds sanctioned/spent, district/State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Delhi, Odisha and Chhattisgarh?

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER (SHRI MANOHAR LAL)

- (a) & (b):       A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  218  (18 TH   POSITION)  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13.03.2025

REGARDING SCHEMES FOR URBAN POOR AND URBAN WORKERS.

- (a) & (b):  Yes,  The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs implemented National Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (NULM)  in  2014  to  reduce  poverty  and vulnerability of urban poor households on sustainable basis in 790 cities. In February 2016, the scheme was re-named as Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)  and  its coverage  was  extended  to  all  statutory  towns,  to  be  decided  by  the respective States/ UTs. It aimed at reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban  poor  households  by  enabling  them  to  access  gainful  selfemployment and skilled wage employment opportunities, for improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis. DAY-NULM was under  implementation  upto  30th  September,  2024. Under  DAY-NULM over 1 crore urban poor households have been mobilised into Self-Help Groups (SHGs), including 90 lakh women. Over 39.39 lakh livelihoods have been created under the Mission. The funds released under DAYNULM since its inception is at Annexure-I.

The  Ministry launched the PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM  SVANidhi)  Scheme  on  June  01,  2020,  to  facilitate  collateral  free working capital loans to street vendors to resume their businesses after the    COVID-19  pandemic  and  consequent  lockdowns  which  had adversely impacted the livelihoods of these vendors, who usually work with a small capital base and often have to resort to borrowing from the local money lenders at usurious rates.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)&(B)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *218 (18 TH  POSITION) TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH, 13, 2025.

## FUNDS RELEASED UNDER DAY-NULM SINCE ITS INCEPTION

| Sl. No   | States/UTs              |   Total released (Rs. in Crore) |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          |                          432.96 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh       |                           38.13 |
| 3        | Assam                   |                          119.47 |
| 4        | Bihar                   |                          162.61 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            |                          148.57 |
| 6        | Goa                     |                           18.48 |
| 7        | Gujarat                 |                          309.51 |
| 8        | Haryana                 |                           83.29 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh        |                           56.06 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir         |                           50.05 |
| 11       | Jharkhand               |                          159.16 |
| 12       | Karnataka               |                          171.23 |
| 13       | Kerala                  |                          180.39 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh          |                          425.98 |
| 15       | Maharashtra             |                          441.48 |
| 16       | Manipur                 |                           58.54 |
| 17       | Meghalaya               |                           12.08 |
| 18       | Mizoram                 |                          110.28 |
| 19       | Nagaland                |                           53.22 |
| 20       | Odisha                  |                          127.41 |
| 21       | Punjab                  |                          114.09 |
| 22       | Rajasthan               |                          242.49 |
| 23       | Sikkim                  |                           11.31 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu              |                          715.77 |
| 25       | Telangana               |                          329.55 |
| 26       | Tripura                 |                           73.11 |
| 27 Uttar | Pradesh                 |                          481.24 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand             |                           52.68 |
| 29       | West Bengal             |                          284.84 |
| 30 A & N | Islands                 |                            1.68 |
| 31       | Chandigarh              |                           20.91 |
| 32       | D&N Haveli, Daman & Diu |                            0.17 |
| 33       | Delhi                   |                            0    |
| 34       | Puducherry              |                           20.01 |
| 35       | Ladakh                  |                            2.1  |
|          | Total                   |                         5508.87 |