Lok Sabha Question No. 5477 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Status of NULM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Sudhakar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5477 TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 03, 2025

## STATUS OF NULM

## NO. 5477.    SHRI SUDHAKAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the  current  status  of  the  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (NULM) along with the number of urban poor benefited from its various schemes since its inception;
- (b) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  under NULM for skill development, self-employment and urban poverty alleviation, State-wise;
- (c) the steps taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure effective  implementation  of  NULM,  particularly  in  economically weaker States like Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha;
- (d) whether the Government has identified any gaps or challenges in the implementation of NULM and if so, the details thereof along with  the  corrective  measures  taken/being  taken  to  improve  the efficiency and reach for poor thereof; and
- (e) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to enhance employment opportunities, promote Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and provide better financial support for microenterprises under NULM?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  The  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  MoHUA  implemented Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM)  in  2014  and  it  ended  on  30 th   September,  2024.  The progress of DAY-NULM since its inception until 30 th  September, 2024 is at Annexure-I.

- (b):  Under  DAY-NULM, Central Assistance is released to States/ UTs as a whole. The inter-se allocation of funds under different components of the  Mission  is  done  by  the  respective  States/  Uts,  as  per  their requirements.  The  details  of  funds  released  and  utilized  are  at
- Annexure-II.
- (c)&(d): The States/Uts effectively implemented the scheme DAY-NULM through their respective Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) comprising various components viz. Self-Employment Programme (SEP), Social Mobilization  and  Institutional  Development  (SMID)  etc.  The  Central Government from time to time mentioned the implementation of the scheme through the following measures:
- Providing help to SHGs for selling their products through various online and offline marketing strategies.
- Organising  SHG  (Self-Help  Group)  credit  linkage  melas  with banks.
- Holding  meetings  with  the  State  Level  Bankers'  Committee (SLBC),  District  Level  Bankers'  Committee  (DLBC),  and  Block Level Bankers' Committee (BLBC).
- Awareness campaigns have been conducted through various IEC activities such as hoardings, banners, pamphlets and electronic & print media.
- •
- Review progress of mission with State Level Officers.

Based  on  the  learnings  of  DAY-NULM,  the  pilot  was  launched  with October  2024  initially  in  25  select  cities  and  later effect  from  1 st expanded across the country.  The pilot extended till 31 st  March 2025.

- (e):    Under the Mission, a one-time Revolving Fund support of Rs. 10,000/was provided to SHGs, which were functional for a period of 3 months and  had  at  least  70%  of  members  as  urban  poor.  Mission  offered interest subvention at the rate over and above the rate of interest of 7% on the bank linkage loans sanctioned to SHGs. An additional 3% interest subvention was provided to women SHGs on timely payment
- of loans.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5477  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  APRIL  03, 2025.

## ALL INDIA: PHYSICAL PROGRESS SINCE 01.04.2014 TILL 30.09.2024 UNDER DAY-NULM

| Number 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                | 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       |

ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5477 TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 03, 2025.

## STATE-WISE CENTRAL FUND RELEASED AND UTILIZED FROM 01.04.2014 till 30.09.2024 UNDER DAY-NULM

(Rs in crore)

| S. No.     | States/UTs               |   Released |   Utilized |
|------------|--------------------------|------------|------------|
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh           |     432.96 |     410.01 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh        |      38.13 |      37.9  |
| 3          | Assam                    |     119.47 |     113.1  |
| 4          | Bihar                    |     162.61 |     160.81 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh             |     148.57 |     139.48 |
| 6          | Goa                      |      18.48 |      17.96 |
| 7          | Gujarat                  |     309.51 |     308.91 |
| 8          | Haryana                  |      83.29 |      78.84 |
| 9 Himachal | Pradesh                  |      56.06 |      55.58 |
| 10         | Jammu & Kashmir          |      50.05 |      43.01 |
| 11         | Jharkhand                |     159.16 |     156.46 |
| 12         | Karnataka                |     171.23 |     170.3  |
| 13         | Kerala                   |     180.39 |     176.52 |
| 14 Madhya  | Pradesh                  |     425.98 |     424.67 |
| 15         | Maharashtra              |     441.48 |     440.74 |
| 16 Manipur |                          |      58.54 |      54.03 |
| 17         | Meghalaya                |      12.08 |      11.96 |
| 18         | Mizoram                  |     110.28 |     109.7  |
| 19         | Nagaland                 |      53.22 |      50.41 |
| 20         | Odisha                   |     127.41 |     124.93 |
| 21         | Punjab                   |     114.09 |     112.55 |
| 22         | Rajasthan                |     242.49 |     237.01 |
| 23         | Sikkim                   |      11.31 |      10.09 |
| 24         | Tamil Nadu               |     715.77 |     700.52 |
| 25         | Telangana                |     329.55 |     304.54 |
| 26         | Tripura                  |      73.11 |      70.17 |
| 27 Uttar   | Pradesh                  |     481.24 |     480.49 |
| 28         | Uttarakhand              |      52.68 |      50.78 |
| 29         | West Bengal              |     284.84 |     281.27 |
| 30 A & N   | Islands                  |       1.68 |       1.08 |
| 31         | Chandigarh               |      20.91 |      20.35 |
| 32         | D& N Haveli, Daman & Diu |       0.17 |       0    |
| 33         | Ladakh                   |       2.1  |       0.76 |
| 34         | Delhi                    |       0    |      16.22 |
| 35         | Puducherry               |      20.01 |      19.27 |
| Total      | Total                    |    5508.87 |    5390.42 |