Objectives of National Urban Livelihoods Mission

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has proposed to launch a “National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)” in 12th Five Year Plan, which will replace the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY). The NULM would focus on organizing urban poor in self help groups, creating opportunities for skill development leading to market-based employment and helping them to set up self-employment ventures by ensuring easy access to credit. The Mission would aim at providing shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased manner. In addition, the Mission would also address livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors. This was stated by Dr. (Ms.) Girija Vyas, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA), in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. 

The Minister further stated that a total of 13,06,767 beneficiaries have been assisted under Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP), 31,32,830 persons have been skill trained under Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) and 6,62,766 women beneficiaries have been assisted for setting up Group micro enterprises under Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP) components of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) since its inception. So far, total Central funds to the tune of Rs. 5038.53 Crores has been released to States/UTs under the SJSRY scheme. 

A total of 1,35,298 beneficiaries have been assisted under Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP), 1,84,739 persons have been skill trained under Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) and 69,077 women beneficiaries have been assisted for setting up Group micro enterprises under Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP) components of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) in Andhra Pradesh since its inception, as reported by the State Government. So far, total Central funds to the tune of Rs. 473.76 Crores has been released to Andhra Pradesh under this scheme since inception, the Minister added.