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The Union Cabinet is expected to soon consider a proposal for the second version of the urban livelihoods mission, which will provide skill development and credit facilities to urban poor, said officials...
The revamped Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) has already secured the nod of the Expenditure Finance Commission, they said, adding that it will take the learnings of the earlier version forward...
"Learnings from the first version have been fed into the successor scheme, especially regarding differences between rural and urban areas," said one of the officials, who did not wish to be identified...
Under the scheme, the revolving fund for self-help groups (SHGs) could be doubled to Rs 20,000 along the lines of revolving community funds that exist for SHGs in rural areas, the official said...
"Urban areas lack cohesion as migrant labourers come from different regions; common background is missing," the official said, adding that these issues have been kept in mind while framing the scheme...
