Leh: In an attempt to make women 0f Kargil self reliant and financially independent, a skill development training programme is being organized under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM).
During the programme, a number of women of various self help group are being imparted stitching and tailoring training.
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) is implemented to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) launched this scheme in June 2011 as a restructured version of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY).
It is pertinent to mention here that the mission of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission(DAY-NULM) is to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in an appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots level institutions of the poor.
The mission would also aim at providing shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased manner.
In addition, the Mission would also address livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security and skills to the urban street vendors for accessing emerging market opportunities.
