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Government of India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
18-January-2012 12:19 IST
Status of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

 

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY), implemented by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation throughout the country since 1.12.1997, has been comprehensively revamped with effect from 2009-10.

 

The cumulative achievements of the SJSRY scheme are as under:

 

 (As on 15.11.2011)

Components

Achievements

Number of urban poor assisted for individual micro-enterprises under Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP)

11,72,244

Number of urban poor women assisted for group micro-enterprises under Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP)

4,69,948 

Number of urban poor imparted skill training under Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP)

 

20,13,352

Number of mandays created under Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)

771.87 Lakhs

 

Central share under SJSRY is tentatively allocated between the States / UTs in relation to the incidence of urban poverty (number of urban poor) estimated by the Planning Commission from time to time. Funding under SJSRY is shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio of 75:25.  For Special Category States, the funding is shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio of 90:10. Year-wise allocation of the scheme in the Union Budget since its inception is as below:-

 

Year

Allocation

(Rs. In Crore)

1997-1998

98.63

1998-1999

158.47

1999-2000

176.35

2000-2001

163.70

2001-2002

163.74

2002-2003

100.74

2003-2004

105.00

2004-2005

123.00

2005-2006

160.00

2006-2007

250.00

2007-2008

344.00

2008-2009 

515.00

2009-2010

515.00

2010-2011

589.68

2011-2012

813.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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