Lok Sabha Question No. 2024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana—NULM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SUDHEER GUPTA, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2024

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 09, 2016

## DEEN DAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA - NULM

## No. 2024 DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  bring  all  the  4041 statutory  urban  areas  under  the  ambit  of  the  Deen  Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission(NULM);
- (b) if so, the details and the objectives thereof;
- (c) the amount to be incurred on training of each urban poor under
- employment through skill training and placement scheme;
- (d) whether urban poor will also be assisted with interest subsidy for setting up of individual micro-enterprises and group
- enterprises;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to help urban poor through setting up infrastructure for street vendors and innovative and special projects for rag pickers, differently abled etc.?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN

## THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION [SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO]

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- (a) &  (b):  Yes  Madam.  To  take  the  benefits  of  Deendayal Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  to  all the urban poor in the country, the States have been allowed

to extend the scheme to all the Statutory Towns as per their

- local  capacity  and  requirement  and  within  the  approved budget of the scheme each year. (c)  :As  per  the  revised  guidelines  of  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission,  base  cost  of  the training  programme is fixed on an hourly basis and depends upon the category of the sector and course in which training is being imparted. Apart from  base  cost, transport costs, boarding and lodging costs, post placement support, etc. are also provisioned as per the guidelines. (d) & (e) :Under the 'Self Employment Programme' component  of  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban Livelihoods  Mission, financial  assistance  is  provided  to individuals/groups  of  urban  poor  for  setting  up  gainful  selfemployment  ventures/  micro-enterprises.  The  project  cost ceiling is  Rs. 2.00 lakh for individual enterprises and Rs. 10 lakh for group enterprises.  Amount of interest over and above 7 percent rate of interest is provided as interest subsidy  for setting up of an individual or group enterprise. (f): Funding  support  is  provided  to  States/Union  Territories for  survey  of  street  vendors,  development  of  street  vending plan,  infrastructure  development  of  vending  zones,  training and skill development to street vendors,  etc.  'Innovative and Special  Projects'  component  of  the  Mission  focuses  on  the promotion of novel initiatives in the form of innovative projects to  help  urban  poor  including  rag  pickers,  differently  abled persons, etc.

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