GOVERNMENT
OF
MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 263
TO BE ANSWERED ON
PROJECTS UNDER URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES
263 SHRI RAGHUNANDAN SHARMA:
Will the MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:
(a) the details of specific projects selected by the Ministry for the purpose of urban poverty alleviation;
(b) the number of houses built in urban areas of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka during the year 2010-11 and 2011-12 alongwith the total number of houses allotted to scheduled castes and minorities; and
(c) the number of families living below poverty line which have risen to above poverty line level as a result of urban poverty alleviation projects during the last three financial years?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
(KUMARI SELJA)
(a): With a view to ameliorate the living conditions of the urban poor, an urban poverty alleviation programme named Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) is being implemented, on all India basis, with effect from 1.12.1997. The scheme strives to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed and under-employed poor, through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures by the urban poor living below the poverty line, skills training and also through providing wage employment by utilizing their labour for construction of socially and economically useful public assets. The scheme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) has been comprehensively revamped with effect from 2009-2010.
The revamped SJSRY has following five components:
(i). Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP) - targets individual urban poor for setting up of micro-enterprises,
(ii). Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP) - targets urban poor women self-help groups for setting up of group-enterprises and providing them assistance through a revolving fund for thrift & credit activities.
(iii). Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) - targets urban poor for imparting quality training so as to enhance their employability for self-employment or better salaried employment.
(iv). Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP) - seeks to assist urban poor by utilizing their labour for the construction of socially and economically useful public assets, in towns having population less than 5 lakhs as per 1991 census, and
(v). Urban Community Development Network (UCDN)- seeks to assist the urban poor in organizing themselves in self-managed community structures so as to gain collective strength to address the issues of poverty facing them and participate in the effective implementation of urban poverty alleviation programmes.
The projects to be taken up under SJSRY are decided at the States/Urban Local Body level. The Government of India releases Central share as per Scheme guidelines.
(b): The State Governments construct houses under their housing programmes and national programmes like Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for various sections of the society, mainly for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Groups (LIG). Under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) components of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), being implemented by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation since 3.12.2005 with the aim of assisting the urban poor, especially slum dwellers, with shelter and basic amenities, no project has been approved during 2010-11 and 2011-12 in these states. Projects sanctioned under BSUP and IHSDP in earlier years in these States are at various stages of progress. Monitoring at project level is undertaken by the respective State Authorities/Urban Local Bodies.
(c): The
Government of India provides Central share to States/Union Territories (UTs)
under SJSRY scheme guidelines. States in turn provide funds to Urban Local
Bodies who undertake implementation and monitor progress, including impact on
beneficiaries in terms of alleviation of poverty. Micro level monitoring is done at the State
and Urban Local Body levels. As reported by States/UTs, the number of
beneficiaries assisted under the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
during the last three financial years is as under:-
|
Year |
No. of Urban
poor beneficiaries assisted for setting up individual/ group enterprises. |
No. of
beneficiaries provided skill training |
No. of
mandays of work generated (In lakhs) |
|
2007-08 |
181050 |
248264 |
45.39 |
|
2008-09 |
184736 |
303418 |
57.44 |
|
2009-10 |
151060 |
187644 |
50.15 |
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