Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs implementing Central Schemes in statutory towns to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households
The Minister of
State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Kaushal Kishore in a written reply to a
question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that the Urban
Development is a State subject. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
assists the States/Union Territories (UTs) through its Missions/Schemes in
urban areas- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT
2.0), Smart Cities Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0),
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), PM Street
Vendor’s AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM SVANidhi) and schemes under urban transport.
Ministry is implementing the Centrally Sponsored
Scheme namely "Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NULM)" in the statutory towns of the country, to reduce
poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households on a sustainable basis. The
Mission, inter alia, aims to enabling urban poor to access gainful
self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. Also, financial
assistance is provided to individuals/ groups/ Self Help Groups (SHGs) of urban
poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures or micro-enterprises.
Since
2014-15 till 30th June,
2022, more than 12.02 lakh
urban poor have been imparted skill training to enhance their employability,
out of which more than 6.42 lakh skill trained have been placed under self
and/or wage employment. Loans with the provision of interest subvention have
been disbursed to more than 7.28 lakh beneficiaries for self-employment through
individual or group micro-enterprises. More than 7.24 lakh Self-Help Groups
have been formed, more than 4.91 lakh SHGs have been assisted with Revolving
fund and 6.89 lakh loans have been disbursed under SHG bank Linkage Programme
for taking up activities for improving incomes. Street Vendor Survey has been
completed in 3,257 cities and towns, more than 49.48 lakh street vendors
identified and more than 26.83 lakh street vendors have been provided ID Cards.
2,443 Shelters for Urban Homeless have been sanctioned, out of which 1,712
Shelters are operational with a capacity for accommodating over 1.2 lakh urban
homeless.
Ministry is implementing PM Street Vendor’s
AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme as a Central Sector Scheme since June 01,
2020 to facilitate collateral free working capital loan, to street vendors to
restart their businesses adversely impacted due to Covid-19 pandemic. The 1st loan is up to ₹10,000 with a term of 12 months
followed by 2nd loan of
upto ₹20,000 with a term of 18 months and 3rd loan
of upto ₹50,000 with a term of 36 months, on repayment of the earlier loans. As
on 25.07.2022, 53.95 lakh loan applications have been received; out of which
37.24 lakh loan applications have been sanctioned and 33.79 lakh loans
amounting to ₹3692 Cr. have been disbursed.
The methodology for estimation of poverty followed by the
erstwhile Planning Commission is based on the recommendations made by experts
in the field from time to time. As per the press note issued by the Planning
Commission on 22nd July,
2013, the percentage of persons below the poverty line in 2011-12 in urban
areas was 13.7%.
(source: https://niti.gov.in/planningcommission.gov.in/docs/news/pre_pov2307.pdf )
As per National
Multidimensional Poverty Index - Baseline Report published by NITI Aayog in
2021, the percentage of multidimensionally poor population in urban areas is
8.81 per cent.
(Source: https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-11/National_MPI_India-11242021.pdf)
Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana (Urban) (PMAY-U) was launched on 25 June, 2015 to achieve the objective
of "Housing for All" in urban areas of the country. Through a demand
driven approach, the Scheme addresses urban housing shortage among various
categories including slum dwellers. The Scheme ensures delivery of a pucca
house along with water connection, toilet facilities, 24x7 electricity supply
and access to basic services to all eligible urban households. The housing
shortage is decided based on demand assessment by the respective States/UTs. At
national level 1.22 Cr. houses were sanctioned out of which 1.02 Cr. houses
have been grounded and construction of 0.61 Cr. houses have been completed.
Central Assistance sanctioned for the purpose was Rs.2,03,426 Cr. and Central
Assistance released to the tune of Rs.1,20,130 Cr.