Poverty Eradication by National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) in India - An Overview

Abstract

Poverty has been a serious issue over the years not only in India but across the globe. The effect of poverty is more prominent in developing and developed countries as compared to developed countries. In India this problem persists over the years. To combat this chronic ailment various poverty eradication programmes have been undertaken at rural and urban level. Among them, Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was the largest programme aimed at urban poverty eradication. But this programme failed to fulfill the desired mission. Subsequently Government of India, decided to launch one mission mode approach programme for urban poverty reduction and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) has been launched in 2013 subsuming the SJSRY programme. NULM targets to eradicate urban poverty from grass root level. NULM sets to achieve the target by means of social mobilisation by formation of SHGs, providing skill training and other support. The statistical figures of the progress of different components of NULM in different states of India reveal an increasing trend of the months and hence years. It is expected that NULM will achieve the much desired target.