UNDP Partnership with DAY-NULM

Context: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) entered into a collaborative partnership. About the UNDP Partnership with DAY-NULM:

• Aim: To provide support for women looking to start and expanding their own enterprises
• Sectors focused:  care economy, digital economy, electric mobility, waste management, food packaging and more.
• Duration: Three-year project, extendable beyond 2025
• Coverage: Eight cities in the initial phase

• On-ground mobilisation activities by UNDP and DAY-NULM:
  • Identifying pockets of urban poverty and potential entrepreneurs
  • Facilitating access to Business Development Services.

• Handholding support:
  • To formalise their businesses
  • To establish bank linkages
  • To secure access to finance and markets.

• Biz-Sakhis: 
  • UNDP will develop community business mentors called Biz-Sakhis in selected project locations.
  • These mentors, who possess valuable business knowledge, can support new and existing enterprises, and serve as a resource for DAY-NULM at a later stage.

Additional Information: About Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM): Centrally Sponsored Scheme by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Coverage:  All the 4041 statutory cities and towns, thereby covering almost the entire urban population. Salient features of NULM: Building strong grass root level institutions of the urban poor through social mobilization. Enabling the urban poor to access gainful self-employment or skilled wage employment opportunities resulting in a significant improvement in their livelihood. Providing shelters equipped with essential amenities to the urban homeless in a phased manner. NULM addresses the livelihood concerns of the Urban Street Vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security and skills for accessing emerging market opportunities.

 News Source: pib