Meet to resolve bottlenecks in Antyodaya Yojana implementation

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, Rural Development Minister Birendra Singh, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha will address the day-long conference on Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). 

“Four central ministries concerned, state governments, bankers, experts and NGOs will discuss ways and means of scaling up skill training and credit flow for self-employment of urban poor in a bid to reduce urban poverty in a speedy manner,” an official release said.

In the past two years, 4.54 lakh urban poor have been imparted skill training, out of which about one lakh either got jobs or were self-employed. “The HUPA Ministry aims to improve placement /self-employment to at least 70 per cent for which strategies will be discussed,” the statement said.