Lok Sabha Question No. 820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Various Schemes for Urban Poor
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 820

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 7, 2023

## VARIOUS SCHEMES FOR URBAN POOR

No. 820 SHRI B. B. PATIL:

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  in Telangana;
- c) whether  any  skill  training  is  being  given  to  urban  unemployed youth and if so, the number of youths trained and given placement, separately, in Telangana during the last three years; and
- d) whether  any  monitoring  mechanism  is  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): Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is administering a Centrally Sponsored Scheme named 'Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)', through  the  respective  States/UTs,  to  reduce  poverty  and vulnerability of urban poor household by enabling them to

access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, for improvement  in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis. In addition, Prime Minister Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi) was launched on 1 st  June, 2020 with the objective of facilitating collateral free working capital loan upto Rs. 50,000/- to street vendors, incentivising regular repayments and rewarding digital transaction.

- (b) State-wise details of funds released and utilised under DAYNULM  for  the last five years, including the details for Telangana as well, are attached at Annexure-I.
- (c) Skill  training  is  imparted  under  Employment  through  Skills Training  &  Placement  (EST&P)  component  of  DAY-NULM.  As per information received from State of Telangana, 592 youths have been trained during the last three years.
- (d)&(e)  DAY-NULM Management Information System Portal and Public Financial  Management  System  (PFMS)  are  the  monitoring mechanism to oversee the funds allocated by the Government with  the  cooperation  of  the  State  Governments.  Review Meetings through Video Conferencing/ Field visits are undertaken on regular basis to monitor the physical progress as well as utilisation of funds.

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Annexure-I Central fund released and utilised during the last 5 years

## (2018-19 to 2022-23)

| Sl. No   | States/UTs       | Released        | Utilized        |
|----------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 285.02          | 272.39          |
| 2        | Arunachal P      | 19.61           | 15.78           |
| 3        | Assam            | 89.86           | 82.09           |
| 4        | Bihar            | 104.50          | 92.29           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     | 52.88           | 52.88           |
| 6        | Goa              | 15.55           | 13.58           |
| 7        | Gujarat          | 198.93          | 189.27          |
| 8        | Haryana          | 67.21           | 47.52           |
| 9        | Himachal P       | 34.91           | 30.29           |
| 10       | J & K            | 38.17           | 22.22           |
| 11       | Jharkhand        | 62.16           | 58.17           |
| 12       | Karnataka        | 48.53           | 48.50           |
| 13       | Kerala           | 135.20          | 133.44          |
| 14       | Madhya P         | 288.85          | 258.93          |
| 15       | Maharashtra      | 222.85          | 222.85          |
| 16       | Manipur          | 41.71           | 19.78           |
| 17       | Meghalaya        | 5.08            | 5.08            |
| 18       | Mizoram          | 53.79           | 43.79           |
| 19       | Nagaland         | 21.20           | 19.82           |
| 20       | Odisha           | 64.06           | 54.16           |
| 21       | Punjab           | 104.02          | 91.20           |
| 22       | Rajasthan        | 149.04          | 148.29          |
| 23       | Sikkim           | 4.66            | 3.01            |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu       | 371.21          | 371.21          |
| 25       | Telangana        | 227.48          | 227.48          |
| 26       | Tripura          | 43.86           | 43.08           |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh    | 279.93          | 279.93          |
| 28       | Uttarakhand      | 31.72           | 19.87           |
| 29       | West Bengal      | 139.42          | 139.42          |
| 30       | A & N Islands    | 0.28            | 0.28            |
| 31       | Chandigarh       | 11.12           | 11.11           |
| 32       | D&N Haveli, D& D | 0.17            | 0.00            |
| 33       | Ladakh           | 2.10            | 0.51            |
| 34       | Delhi            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 35       | Puducherry       | 9.14            | 8.10            |
| Total    | Total            | 3224.23 3026.32 | 3224.23 3026.32 |

(Rs in crore)