What is the primary aim of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)?

Correct option is B

The correct answer is (b) Reducing urban poverty through skill development and self-employment

Explanation:

• The National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), launched in 2013, aims to alleviate urban poverty by enabling the urban poor to gain self-employment and wage employment.
• It focuses on:
• Skill training for employment
• Support for self-employment
• Social mobilization of urban poor into Self Help Groups (SHGs)
• Provision of shelter and basic services to the homeless

Information Booster:

• NULM replaced the earlier Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).
• It is implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
• Key components include:
• Employment through Skill Training and Placement (EST&P)
• Self-Employment Programme (SEP)
• Support to Urban Street Vendors

Additional Knowledge:

• (a) Foreign investment – not a direct objective of NULM.
• (c) Promoting smart cities – comes under Smart Cities Mission, not NULM.
• (d) Subsidised housing for rural workers – covered under PMAY-G, not NULM.