Tamil Nadu, MP, UP, AP, Chattisgarh lead in implementing urban poverty alleviation programmes

Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh are ahead of other States in addressing urban poverty during the last three years i.e 2014-17.

            As per the information furnished to Rajya Sabha today by the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Tamil Nadu is in the forefront in assisting urban poor with subsidized loans for self-employment through setting up of individual and group micro enterprises and formation of Self-Help Groups under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-NULM (DAY-NULM) and Uttar Pradesh led in skilling urban poor. Madhya Pradesh stood second in skill training and providing loans support.

            Details of performance of leading States under different components of DAY-NULM are as below:

State	No of urban poor given skill training	No of beneficiaries gven subsidized loans	Self-Help Groups formed
Tamil Nadu	1,04,448	30.258	24,245
Madhya Pradesh	1,17,133	26,558	8,973
Uttar Pradesh	1,89,831	14,138	15,954
Andhra Pradesh	45,236	15,617	12,278
Chattisgarh	30,022	8,185	14,393
West Bengal	64,277	2,418	10,871
Karnataka	38,007	8,799	5,021
Maharashtra	29,317	8,202	6,921
Bihar	29,762	890	8,390
Telangana	12,546	3,182	10,097
Gujarat	12,090	2,216	7,186

            National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) was launched in September,2016 with the objective of reducing the poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities for improvements in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis. NULM which was launched in 790 cities and towns in 2013 was subsequently extended to all the statutory 4,041 cities and towns in February, 2016.

            During 2014-17, 8,07,187 urban poor were given skill training, 1,35,158 beneficiaries were given subsidized bank loans for setting up own enterprises and 1,62,285 Self-Help Groups have been formed for taking up income augmenting activities with the support of bank loans.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in