In a move to identify eligible people who are left out under the Prime Minister’s flagship schemes, a survey, ‘safety net survey’, is being conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA). All necessary formalities are expected to be completed by January 31, 2019. The survey is being done among the self help group (SHG) members, whose number stands at 34 lakh across the country.
Besides, the Ministry will extend outreach of its flagship project Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana among the poorest of poor in the country through a series of events in the coming month.
Announcing this, the Union HUA Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the survey is being conducted to identify eligible self help group members not covered by Government programs including Swachchh Bharat Mission (urban), Prime Minister Awas Yojna (Urban), Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Surakhsa Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana and National Nutrition Mission.
According to HUA officials, there are reports that numbers of eligible people have not been able to get benefit from the flagship schemes. “We will try to include those eligible who have not been covered,” officials added.
Puri also announced that the ‘Shehri Samridhi Utsav’, focusing on urban livelihoods, will be held from February 1 to 15, showcasing initiatives of the Deen Dayal Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-National Urban Livelihood Mission).
The Mission has made “significant progress” in the last five years, organising 34 lakh urban poor women into self-help groups, besides providing subsidised loans to over 8.5 lakh individuals and groups.
“Over 8.9 lakh candidates have been skill trained and certified. Over 4.6 lakh have been placed,” Puri said.
Among other achievements under the mission, 16 lakh street vendors have been identified through a survey and half of them have been given identity cards. More than 1,000 permanent shelters have been set up, creating space for more than 60,000 urban homeless, he said.
Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said various activities will be organised in the city, state and at the national level as part of the ‘Shehri Samridhi Utsav’. A national exhibition will be held in New Delhi from February 8 to 17 along with a national street food festival which will start on February 14, he said.
A national conference on street vending will also be held to discuss issues and seek a way forward to support livelihoods of hawkers. National-level workshop on sanitation and a conference on street vending will also be part of the planned programmes. Further, rally by self help groups , job melas, loan camps, identity cards for street vendors and other activities will be organised.
