Lok Sabha Question No. 2370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Schemes for Urban Poor
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja, A. Ganeshamurthi

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2370

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2023

## SCHEMES FOR URBAN POOR

NO. 2370.

SHRI A. RAJA:

SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

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

- (a) the details of various schemes being run by the Government for the urban poor;
- (b) the  funds  allocated  and  spent  under  the  urban  development schemes  during  the  last  five  years,  State-wise,  especially  for Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether  any  skill  training  programme  is  being  given  to  urban unemployed youth and if so, the number of youths trained and given placement, separately, in Tamil Nadu during the last three years;
- (d) whether any monitoring mechanism was put in place to oversee the  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  during  this  period  with the cooperation of the State Government; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  under  such monitoring mechanism?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): Urban Development is a State subject. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) assists the States / Union Territories (UTs) through  its  Missions  /  Schemes  in  urban  areas-  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0), Smart Cities Mission,  Swachh  Bharat  Mission-Urban  2.0  (SBM-U  2.0),  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U), Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), PM Street Vendor's
- AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) and schemes under urban transport.

MoHUA is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely "Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM)", in the statutory towns of the country, including Tamil Nadu, to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households on a sustainable  basis.  Under  its  Employment  through  Skill  Training  and Placement  (EST&P)  component,  skill  training  is  provided  to  the  urban poor  candidates  in  market-oriented  certified  courses  to  place  them  in wage  employment  and/  or  self-employment  opportunities. In Social Mobilization  and  Institutional  Development  (SMI&D)  component,  a  onetime Revolving Fund support of ₹ 10,000/- is provided to eligible Self Help Groups  (SHGs).  Mission  offers  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 is provided to women SHGs on timely repayment of loans.

In  Self  Employment  Program  (SEP)  Component  of  the  Mission,  financial assistance to individuals/groups of Urban Poor for setting up gainful self employment  ventures/micro  enterprises,  suited  to  their  skills,  training, aptitude and local conditions are also provided. Individual microenterprises and Group enterprises are eligible for Bank loans upto Rs. 2 lakhs  and  Rs.  10  lakhs  respectively.  SHGs  under  the  Mission  are facilitated  for  subsidized  credit  for  undertaking  gainful  microenterprise activities. Additionally, active SHGs have also started their own enterprise with their saving corpus.

Under  DAY-NULM,  there  is  a  Governing  Council  (GC)  and  Executive Committee  (EC)  at  the  National  Level  and  State  Level  to  review  the overall progress and development of the Mission. At the City level, DAYNULM is managed by an Executive Committee chaired by the Municipal Commissioner. Monitoring and review of utilization of funds allocated to the States/UTs under the Scheme is a continuous process and is carried out through the institutional framework that consists of progress reports, field  visits  of  senior  officers  and  review  through  video  conferences. Extant  guidelines  of  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of  Finance regarding flow and utilization of funds are also followed.

A  statement  showing  the  State/UT-wise,  Central  fund  released  and utilized under DAY- NULM in the last five years (i.e. 2018-19 to 2022-23) is at Annexure - I.

Number of candidates skill trained and placed in Tamil Nadu under the EST&P component of DAY-NULM in the last three years (i.e. 2020-21 to 2022-23) is 23,748 and 23,518 respectively.

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Central fund released and utilized under DAY-NULM in the last five years (i.e. 2018-19 to 2022-23), as referred to in part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2370 for answer on 03.08.2023.

( ₹ in crores)

| Sl. No   | States/UTs        | Released   | Utilized   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 285.01     | 244.98     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 19.61      | 13.14      |
| 3        | Assam             | 89.85      | 64.73      |
| 4        | Bihar             | 104.50     | 92.29      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 52.88      | 43.31      |
| 6        | Goa               | 15.55      | 13.58      |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 198.93     | 161.71     |
| 8        | Haryana           | 67.21      | 47.52      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 34.91      | 30.12      |
| 10       | J & K             | 38.17      | 22.08      |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 62.17      | 56.67      |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 48.53      | 39.48      |
| 13       | Kerala            | 135.20     | 129.70     |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 288.85     | 205.97     |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 222.85     | 192.04     |
| 16       | Manipur           | 41.71      | 19.78      |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 5.08       | 4.76       |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 53.79      | 43.79      |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 21.20      | 19.82      |
| 20       | Odisha            | 64.06      | 42.88      |
| 21       | Punjab            | 104.02     | 60.53      |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 149.05     | 147.91     |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 4.66       | 2.61       |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 371.21     | 371.21     |
| 25       | Telangana         | 227.48     | 227.48     |
| 26       | Tripura           | 43.86      | 23.98      |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 279.93     | 203.88     |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 31.72      | 26.18      |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 139.42     | 137.04     |
| 30       | A & N Islands     | 0.28       | 0.00       |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 11.12      | 9.85       |
| 32       | D&N Haveli, D& D  | 0.17       | 0.00       |
| 33       | Delhi             | 0.00       | 0.00       |
| 34       | Puducherry        | 9.14       | 4.94       |
| 35       | Ladakh            | 2.10       | 0.45       |
| Total    |                   | 3,224.24   | 2,704.41   |