📋 Tender Overview
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 Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi PM SVANidhi and schemes under urban transport.Ministry is implementing a 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. Mission inter-alia aims to enabling urban poor to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. Also financial assistance is provided to individualsgroups Self Help Groups SHGs of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures or micro-enterprises. Since 2014-15 till 30th November 2022 more than 13 lakh urban poor have been imparted skill training to enhance their employability out of which more than 6.78 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 7.8 lakh beneficiaries for self-employment through individual or group micro-enterprises. More than 7.8 lakh Self-Help Groups have been formed more than 5.36 lakh SHGs have been assisted with Revolving fund and 7.17 lakh loans have been disbursed under SHG bank Linkage Programme for taking up activities for improving incomes. Street Vendor Survey has been completed in 3307 cities and towns more than 49.93 lakh street vendors identified and more than 28.06 lakh street vendors have been provided ID Cards. 2457 Shelters for Urban Homeless have been sanctioned under the Scheme and 1788 are operational.Ministry is also implementing PM Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi PM SVANidhi Scheme since June 01 2020 to facilitate micro-credit to street vendors in urban areas so that they can restart their businesses which were adversely affected during the Covid-19 pandemic. Under this scheme street vendors may avail a working capital loan of up to Rs. 10000 followed by loans of Rs 20000 and Rs. 50000 in the second and third tranches respectively on repayment of earlier tranche. As on 08.12.2022 over 38 lakh loans amounting to Rs. 4405 cr. have been disbursed to street vendors across the country. Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban SBM-U was launched on 2.10.2014 and continued till 30.9.2021 with the objectives of i achieving 100 Open Defecation Free ODF status in all States and Urban Local Bodies ULBs ii 100 scientific processing of all the municipal waste in the country and iii behavior change through Jan Andolan in all statutory towns. The outlay for the Mission was Rs.62009 crores including Government of India share of Rs. 14623 crores. The Mission achieved significant levels of success against the declared objectives of the Mission with massive engagement of citizens across all categories of societies. Under SBM-U the individual households not having access to toilet were identified and 6279304 units of Individual House Hold Latrines IHHL were completed against the target of 5899637 IHHL Units.Further Atal Mission for Rejuvenation Urban Transformation AMRUT 2.0 Mission aims to make cities water secure and provide functional water tap connections to all households in all statutory towns across the country. It also targets universal coverage of sewerage septage management in 500 AMRUT cities. Both AMRUT AMRUT 2.0 are reducing the strain on urban poor through provision of basic amenities. The Mission through provision of tap connections is mitigating the hardships reduces burden of poor. Improved sewerage septage facilities reduce the disease load health risks enhancing the quality of their lives.This information was given by the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Kaushal Kishore in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
