United Nations Millennium Development Goals
The Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said, in connection with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, especially Goal-1 relating to eradication of extreme hunger and poverty, the Government has implemented the National Strategy for Urban Poor (NSUP) project, assisted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This project, which commenced in 2003, has come to an end on 30.9.2010. The NSUP project contained the following key components:
(a) Urban Poverty Alleviation and Livelihoods Cells in select cities,
(b) Integrated Urban Poverty Monitoring System,
(c) India Urban Poverty Report,
(d) Research and Capacity building programmes for poverty reduction.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 11.11.2010 she said, the NSUP project had a national level approach with national level components. However, under one component of the project, Urban Poverty and Livelihoods Cells, a sum of Rs. 22 lakhs each was provided for 13 cities in 12 States including Andhra Pradesh.
She said, the UNDP-supported project has come to an end on 30.9.2010. At present a Technical Assistance Project supported by Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom is under implementation in connection with capacity building and other efforts for implementation of slum re-development and poverty alleviation programmes. Again this project is a national level project and no support to any State has been provided under this project so far.
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