Lok Sabha Question No. 95 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Urban Learning Internship Programme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 95 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 20, 2023

## URBAN LEARNING INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

## NO. 95. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

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

- (a) the details and the number of beneficiaries under the TULIP (The Urban Learning Internship Programme) scheme since its introduction,  State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  number  of  beneficiaries  in  Tamil  Nadu,  district-wise  especially  in Thoothukudi district; and
- (c) the details regarding the funds allocated and 1dvertis under this scheme so far?

ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) :  Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in collaboration with Ministry of  Education  (MoE)  and  All  India  Council  of  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  has developed 'The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)', a platform to provide internships in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Smart Cities, Parastatals of States/Union Territories (Uts) etc.

Since the launch of TULIP Programme in June 2020, more than 38,000 internship opportunities  have  been 1dvertised;  of  which  more  than  9,500  internships  have been offered; of which more than 4,200 have been completed. The State/UT-wise no. of beneficiaries under TULIP are given in Annexure-I.

- (b) :    In  Tamil  Nadu,  677  internship  opportunities  have  been  offered;  of  which more  than  424  internships  have  been  completed.    District-wise  information  on beneficiaries is not maintained. In Thoothukudi, 33 internships have been offered under TULIP programme; of which 24 internships have been completed.
- (c)  :  No  separate  budgetary  provision  has  been  made  for  TULIP.  MoHUA  has provisioned  for  States/UTs/Smart  Cities/ULBs  to  pay  internship  stipends  out  of Administrative  &  Office  Expenses  (A&OE)  of  various  Schemes  of  MoHUA  being implemented by them.

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Annexure-I in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 95 for answer on 20.07.2023 regarding  Urban Learning Internship Programme asked by Shrimati Kanimozhi  Karunanidhi, Hon'ble MP.

State/UT-wise no. of beneficiaries under TULIP

| STATE/UT            | Internships offered   |
|---------------------|-----------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh      | 1837                  |
| Maharashtra         | 1025                  |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 1875                  |
| Tamil Nadu          | 677                   |
| Rajasthan           | 473                   |
| Karnataka           | 450                   |
| Gujarat             | 306                   |
| Punjab              | 463                   |
| Chhattisgarh        | 544                   |
| Kerala              | 151                   |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 164                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 310                   |
| Odisha              | 335                   |
| Nagaland            | 24                    |
| Chandigarh          | 63                    |
| Sikkim              | 32                    |
| Mizoram             | 19                    |
| Dadra Nagar &Haveli | 18                    |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 57                    |
| Delhi               | 122                   |
| Haryana             | 36                    |
| Uttarakhand         | 76                    |
| Assam               | 20                    |
| Meghalaya           | 13                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 6                     |
| Tripura             | 4                     |
| Jharkhand           | 75                    |
| Bihar               | 18                    |
| Telangana           | 297                   |
| Puducherry          | 9                     |
| Goa                 | 11                    |
| West Bengal         | 2                     |
| Total               | 9,512                 |

Source: TULIP Dashboard as on 7 July, 2023