G.O.(Ms)No.60, National Urban Livelihoods Mission, 2015
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MA2) Department issued G.O.(Ms)No.60 dated 23 March 2015, granting administrative sanction to implement the National Urban Livelihoods Mission in Tamil Nadu and approving its Annual Action Plan for 2014-15 with an outlay of Rs.14307.27 lakh. It also approves the State Operational Guidelines and extends existing state and district mission committees to the National Urban Livelihoods Mission.
What the government approved
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MA2) Department, through G.O.(Ms)No.60 dated 23 March 2015, approves implementation of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission in Tamil Nadu. It sanctions the Annual Action Plan for 2014-15 at an outlay of Rs.14307.27 lakh and approves the State Operational Guidelines annexed to the order.
The mission is intended to reduce poverty and vulnerability among urban poor households by supporting self-employment, skilled wage employment and services for homeless people and street vendors. Implementation is focused on 40 headquarters towns and towns with populations above one lakh.
Main components
The National Urban Livelihoods Mission covers:
- Formation and support of Self-Help Groups and their federations.
- Skill training and placement assistance for urban poor people.
- Capacity building and training at state and city levels.
- Financial assistance for individual and group self-employment ventures and micro-enterprises.
- Permanent shelters for urban homeless people, including water supply, sanitation, safety and security.
- Surveys, identity cards, vending plans, vending zone infrastructure, training, credit access and social security links for urban street vendors.
- Innovative and Special Projects involving public, private and community partnerships.
For the first six components, funding is shared between the Government of India and the State in the ratio of 75:25. Innovative and Special Projects are centrally administered without a State share.
Administration and approvals
G.O.(Ms)No.60 dated 23 March 2015 allows the existing High Level Governing Board, the Empowered Committee chaired by the Chief Secretary, and the District Level Co-ordination Committee to perform the same functions for the National Urban Livelihoods Mission. Project sanctioning committees cover shelters for urban homeless people, support for urban street vendors and other mission components.
The Annual Action Plan for 2015-16 was required to be coordinated with the Tamil Nadu Urban Livelihoods Mission and the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women.
Relevance to property and land
G.O.(Ms)No.60 dated 23 March 2015 is an urban livelihoods and welfare approval. It refers to shelter construction and infrastructure for street vending zones, but it does not state that any particular land is acquired, transferred, reclassified or subjected to a change of land use. Property buyers and owners would need a separate document to establish any effect on a specific property.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms)No.60 change the land use of my property?
The source does not identify any property or approve a change of land use. It grants administrative sanction for an urban livelihoods programme.
Does the scheme apply throughout Tamil Nadu?
The source says implementation will focus on 40 headquarters towns and towns with populations above one lakh.
Does the government order provide support for urban street vendors?
Yes. The approved component includes surveys, identity cards, street vending plans, vending zone infrastructure, training, financial inclusion, credit access and links to social security schemes.
What support is approved for urban homeless people?
The mission includes permanent shelters with basic infrastructure such as water supply, sanitation, safety and security, particularly for vulnerable groups including dependent children, aged people and disabled people.
