Lok Sabha Question No. 2921 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Poverty Alleviation
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2921

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 16, 2015

## POVERTY ALLEVIATION

No. 2921 SHRI KESINENI NANI:

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

- (a) whether women  and  people with disabilities have been covered  under  Urban  Poverty  Alleviation  Schemes,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) the  state  wise  number  of  beneficiaries  of  Urban  Poverty Alleviation Schemes;
- (c) whether the Government has met the targets set under United
- Nations Millennium Development Goals for Poverty Alleviation; and
- (d) if so, the quantum of poverty reduction that has been achieved
- in the country in the last decade.?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## [SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO]

- (a) Yes, Madam.  Women and people with disabilities have been The Employment through Skill Training and
- covered  under  National  Urban  Livelihood  Mission  (NULM), which is the Urban Poverty Alleviation Scheme of this Ministry. Placement (EST&P)  component  of  NULM  aims  at  providing  skill  training and  placement  to  urban  poor  as  per  market  demand.  As  per the  NULM  guidelines,  30%  of  the  beneficiaries  under  this component  should  be  women  and  3%  of  the  beneficiaries should  be  differently-abled.  The  Self-Employment  Programme (SEP)  component  of  NULM  focusses  on  providing  financial assistance  to  set  up  individual/group  micro-enterprises.  The guidelines have a provision for 30% women beneficiaries and 3% differently-abled beneficiaries. The Social Mobilisation and Institution Development (SMID) component envisages

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universal social mobilisation of urban  poor  into self-help groups (SHGs). Normally, women SHGs are formed under this component. However, male SHGs of handicapped persons are also allowed.

- (b) :The State-wise total number of beneficiaries, women beneficiaries and beneficiaries with disabilities covered under NULM are provided at Annexure.
- (c) & (d)  :As  per  the  Millennium  Development  Goals  (MDG)  India Country  Report,  2015  published  by  Ministry  of  Statistics  and Programme  Implementation,  the  Poverty  Head  Count  Ratio (PCHR)  estimate  at  the  all-India  level  has  reduced  by  more than half from 47.8% in 1990 to 21.9% in 2011-12.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NO. 2921 FOR 16.12.2015 A statement showing number of Women & Persons with Disabilily during 2014-15 & 2015-16 under NULM

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States / UTs   | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises   | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises   | No. of beneficiaries assisted for setting up Individual/ Group micro enterprises   | No. of beneficiaries provided Skill Training   | No. of beneficiaries provided Skill Training   | No. of beneficiaries provided Skill Training   | No. of members in the Self Help Groups (SHGs)   | No. of members in the Self Help Groups (SHGs)   | No. of members in the Self Help Groups (SHGs)   |
|-----------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the States / UTs   | Total                                                                              | Women                                                                              | Persons with Disability                                                            | Total                                          | Women                                          | Persons with Disability                        | Total                                           | Women                                           | Persons with Disability                         |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh             | 3348                                                                               | 648                                                                                | 94                                                                                 | 7043                                           | 2033                                           | 15                                             | 60480                                           | 61347                                           | 1747                                            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh          | 20                                                                                 | 10                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 823                                            | 447                                            | 0                                              | 3096                                            | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 3         | Assam                      | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 4         | Bihar                      | 565                                                                                | 565                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 17054                                          | 6469                                           | 36                                             | 32430                                           | 34365                                           | 170                                             |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh               | 2155                                                                               | 780                                                                                | 21                                                                                 | 12476                                          | 7472                                           | 27                                             | 73687                                           | 73323                                           | 122                                             |
| 6         | Goa                        | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 182                                            | 182                                            | 0                                              | 20                                              | 20                                              | 0                                               |
| 7         | Gujarat                    | 62                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 2                                                                                  | 1295                                           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 6935                                            | 6501                                            | 34                                              |
| 8         | Haryana                    | 246                                                                                | 79                                                                                 | 2                                                                                  | 433                                            | 267                                            | 2                                              | 1324                                            | 1214                                            | 8                                               |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh           | 320                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 2076                                           | 492                                            | 11                                             | 204                                             | 176                                             | 0                                               |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir            | 186                                                                                | 21                                                                                 | 3                                                                                  | 10178                                          | 3358                                           | 102                                            | 4706                                            | 1700                                            | 899                                             |
| 11        | Jharkhand                  | 107                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 10421                                           | 3906                                            | 117                                             |
| 12        | Karnataka                  | 6814                                                                               | 1866                                                                               | 359                                                                                | 23122                                          | 9756                                           | 301                                            | 47948                                           | 40112                                           | 735                                             |
| 13        | Kerala                     | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 2058                                            | 2058                                            | 0                                               |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh             | 6537                                                                               | 723                                                                                | 29                                                                                 | 54820                                          | 23912                                          | 336                                            | 31837                                           | 15775                                           | 65                                              |
| 15        | Maharashtra                | 1726                                                                               | 746                                                                                | 12                                                                                 | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 39791                                           | 29730                                           | 373                                             |
| 16        | Manipur                    | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 959                                            | 614                                            | 2                                              | 11015                                           | 11849                                           | 2                                               |
| 17        | Meghalaya                  | 21                                                                                 | 14                                                                                 | 1                                                                                  | 480                                            | 263                                            | 1                                              | 167                                             | 167                                             | 0                                               |
| 18        | Mizoram                    | 376                                                                                | 115                                                                                | 12                                                                                 | 6877                                           | 1615                                           | 160                                            | 19130                                           | 18767                                           | 397                                             |
| 19        | Nagaland                   | 508                                                                                | 368                                                                                | 11                                                                                 | 4780                                           | 2588                                           | 99                                             | 2510                                            | 2440                                            | 20                                              |
| 20        | Odisha                     | 1313                                                                               | 778                                                                                | 4                                                                                  | 6149                                           | 3238                                           | 21                                             | 32138                                           | 32138                                           | 69                                              |
| 21        | Punjab                     | 180                                                                                | 124                                                                                | 3                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 3459                                            | 3419                                            | 12                                              |
| 22        | Rajasthan                  | 527                                                                                | 166                                                                                | 11                                                                                 | 2240                                           | 765                                            | 19                                             | 35820                                           | 31138                                           | 30                                              |
| 23        | Sikkim                     | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                 | 20353                                                                              | 14375                                                                              | 332                                                                                | 102150                                         | 49437                                          | 2514                                           | 146509                                          | 12903                                           | 75                                              |
| 25        | Telangana                  | 701                                                                                | 211                                                                                | 0                                                                                  | 7512                                           | 5629                                           | 43                                             | 41126                                           | 38335                                           | 1753                                            |
| 26        | Tripura                    | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                | 389                                                                                | 23                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 1479                                           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 28690                                           | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh              | 4781                                                                               | 693                                                                                | 20                                                                                 | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 935                                             | 28670                                           | 39                                              |
| 29        | West Bengal                | 31                                                                                 | 5                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 33254                                          | 19453                                          | 441                                            | 41173                                           | 41173                                           | 61                                              |
| 30        | A & N Islands              | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 31        | Chandigarh                 | 36                                                                                 | 16                                                                                 | 0                                                                                  | 2650                                           | 1612                                           | 15                                             | 924                                             | 923                                             | 0                                               |
| 32        | D & N Haveli               | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 33        | Daman & Diu                | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 34        | Delhi                      | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 983                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 35        | Puducherry                 | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                                                                  | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
|           | TOTAL                      | 51302                                                                              | 22326                                                                              | 916                                                                                | 299015                                         | 139602                                         | 4145                                           | 678533                                          | 492149                                          | 6728                                            |