Ministry of HUA guarantees of Rs.15,000 - 25,000 per month earning for urban poor

New Delhi, November 1: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs today roped in a private online service aggregator, UrbanClap, to ensure employment opportunities with minimum assured monthly wages for urban poor skilled under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between the Ministry and UrbanClap in presence of Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs yesterday.

 

He said that “the MoU will lead to enhancing the employment of those being skilled in high demand services under DAY-NULM.”

Under the MoU, 16 cities will be covered viz. Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad.

UrbanClap assures a minimum monthly earning of Rs.15,000 for plumbers, electricians and carpenters and Rs.25,000 for appliance repair technicians, beauty therapists and Spa therapists.

The Minister, while lauding the initiative urged the UrbanClap to scale up the services to all the 106 cities that have a population of five lakhs and above and State Capitals. At present over 35% of those skilled under DAY-NULM have found employment.