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SWARNA JAYANTI SHAHARI ROZGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)

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With a view to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage employment, a new urban poverty alleviation programme, namely, Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) was launched on 01.12.1997 after subsuming the earlier three Urban Poverty Alleviation Schemes, namely Urban Basic Services for the Poor (UBSP), Nehru Rojgar Yojana (NRY) and Prime Ministers Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme (PMI UPEP).

SJSRY Scheme is being implemented through State/UT Governments and it is funded on a 75:25 basis between the Centre and the States. 

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) consists of two major components, namely-

(i)       The Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP)

(ii)     The Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)

 

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THE URBAN SELF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME (USEP): 

This Component of SJSRY has three distinct part:

(i)          Assistance to individual urban poor beneficiaries for setting up gainful self-employment ventures.

(ii)          Assistance to groups of urban poor women for setting up gainful self-employment ventures.  This sub-scheme has been titled as  "The Scheme for Development of Women and Children in the Urban Areas (DWCUA)".

(iii)          Training of beneficiaries, potential beneficiaries and other persons associated with the urban employment programme for upgradation and acquisition of vocational and entrepreneurial skills.

 COVERAGE

·                     The programme is applicable to all urban towns in India.

·                     The Programme is implemented on a whole town basis with special emphasis on urban poor clusters. 

·                     This Programme targets the urban poor, as those living below the urban poverty line, as defined from time to time by the Planning Commission.

·                     Since the 10^th Plan, annual targets of assisting urban poor for setting up individual/group micro-enterprises and providing skill training to the urban poor is being fixed (Central level as well as State-wise), under the Scheme, in commensurate with the Budget allocation. 

·                     Special attention is given to women, persons belonging to Scheduled Castes/Tribes, disabled persons and other such categories as may be indicated by the Government from time to time.

·                     The percentage of women beneficiaries under this programme should not be less than 30%. All other conditions being equal, women beneficiaries belonging to women-headed household, viz., widows, divorcees, single women, or even households where women are the sole earners are ranked higher in priority.

·                     SCs and STs must be benefited at least to the extent of the proportion of their strength in local population.

·                     A provision of 3% should be reserved for the disabled.

·                     Under the Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for the welfare of Minorities, 15% of the physical and financial targets regarding assistance for micro-enterprises and skill training under SJSRY have to be earmarked for the minority communities.

·                     There is no minimum educational qualification for beneficiaries under this programme. However, to avoid an overlap with the Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY), for self employment component, this scheme is not applicable to the persons educated beyond the IXth standard.

·                     A house-to-house survey for identification of genuine beneficiaries is prescribed.  Non-economic parameters are also applied to the urban poor in addition to the economic criteria for the purpose of prioritization within the BPL.  

A.          Setting up Micro –Enterprises (individual)

Eligibility

·                     Annual family income of less than Rs. 11850/- at the 1991-92 prices.

·                     Must be residing in the town for at least three years.

·                     Should not be a defaulter to any Nationalized Bank/Cooperative Bank

Project Details

Maximum unit cost	=	Rs. 50,000/-
Subsidy	=	15% of the project cost subject to a maximum of Rs. 7500/-
Margin money to be contributed by the beneficiaries	=	5% of the project cost

 B.      Skill Training

Training cost per person	=	Rs. 2000/-
Training period	=	Two to Six months subject to a minimum of 300 hours
Tool Kit worth	=	Rs. 600/-

 C.          Development of Women and Children in Urban Areas (DWCUA):

·                     The group may consist of at least 10 women. 

·                     The ceiling of subsidy under the scheme is Rs. 1.25 lakh or 50% of the cost of the project whichever is less. 

 D.      Thrift & Credit Society (T & CS) 

Where the DWCUA group sets itself up as Thrift & Credit Society, in addition to its self employment ventures, it will be eligible for an additional grant of Rs. 25,000 as revolving fund at the rate of Rs. 1,000 maximum per member.  The fund is meant for purposes like purchases of raw materials and marketing, infrastructure support, one time expense on child care activity, expenses upto Rs. 500 on travel cost of group members to bank, payment of insurance premium for self/spouse/child by maintaining savings for different periods by a member and any other expense allowed by the State in Group's interest.  The revolving fund can be availed by a Group only after one year of its formation.

 E.          Infrastructure Support

         Special assistance may be provided for setting up of community seva kendras which could be used for multifarious activities such as work places/marketing centres etc. for beneficiaries under this programme.

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THE URBAN WAGE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME (UWEP):

(i).      This component seeks to provide wage employment to prospective beneficiaries living below the poverty line within the jurisdiction of urban local bodies by utilizing their labour for construction of socially and economically useful public assets. 

(ii).     Under this component, there are no restrictions on educational qualifications.

(iii).    This programme is implemented only in the urban local bodies having population less than 5 lakh as per the 1991 Census.

(iv).    The material labour ratio for construction works under this component is to be maintained at 60:40. 

(v).     The prevailing minimum wage rate, as notified from time to time for each area, has to be paid to beneficiaries under this component.

ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY STRUCTURES (CS) :

The successful implementation of the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) relies on establishing and promoting community organisations and structures to provide supporting and facilitating mechanism for local development. Towards this end community organisations like Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs), Neighbourhood Committees (NHCs) and Community Development Societies (CDSs) will be set up in the target areas. Financial assistance will be provided to these community structures for effective implementation of the programme and also for their social activities of community empowerment.

INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION (IEC)

With a view to play an effective role in coordination and in organising training, monitoring, evaluation, dissemination of information etc. the component of IEC has been evolved under SJSRY. It seeks to provide a coordinated and uniform level of training across the country for training of trainers, elected representatives, functionaries of Urban Local Bodies and field functionaries like Project Officers, Community Organizers etc. through National Training Institutes and selected State Training/Field Training Institutes.

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Financial / Physical Progress of the Scheme

SWARNA JAYANTI SHAHARI ROZGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)

FINANCIAL  PROGRESS 

                                    (Rs. in cores)                   

Central Funds released to the States / UTs under SJSRY
1997- 1998	1998- 1999	1999- 2000	2000- 2001	2001- 2002	2002- 2003	2003- 2004	2004- 2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	TOTAL
98.63	158.47	118.77	85.13	38.31	100.92	100.74	122.01	155.88	248.68	213.92	1441.46

It is pertinent from the above that, since its inception, total Central funds released under SJSRY upto 2007-08 are Rs. 1441.46 Crore. After adding to it the unspent balance (Central Share) of Rs. 252.10 Crore, available from old UPA Programmes of NRY, UBSP and PMIUPEP, the total amount becomes Rs. 1693.56 Crore.

          During the current financial year 2007-08 an amount of Rs. 344.00 Crore has been allocated for the Scheme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) in the Ministry’s Budget.

PHYSICAL PROGRESS: -

          Physical cumulative progress under different components of SJSRY, as reported in the QPRs from the States/UTs, received upto 30.09.2007, is as under: -

 1.         Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP)  

(a)	Number of people assisted to set up individual micro enterprises	-	842663
(b)	Number of women assisted to set up micro enterprises (DWCUA Group enterprises).	-	237100
(c)	Total number of urban poor assisted to set up micro-enterprises   =  (a)  +  (b)	-	1079763
(d)	Number of people given skill development training	-	1077257
(e)	Number of DWCUA Groups formed	-	59528
(f)	Number of Thrift & Credit Societies formed	-	208898

2.       Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP)

Number of man-days of work generated                                         654.45  lakhs

3.          Assistance for Community Structures (CS)

Number of beneficiaries covered under Community Structures           351.45  lakhs 

State-wise financial progress (cumulative)

State-wise physical progress (cumulative)

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Financial Progress (Cumulative) under SJSRY
																Rs. in Lakhs
SL.  NO.	STATES/UTs	OPENING BALANCE (as on 1-12-97)			TOTAL FUND RELEASED                                 (1997-2007)			TOTAL FUND AVAILABLE			TOTAL EXPENDITURE REPORTED			UNSPENT FUND			% OF EXPENDITURE
		CENTRAL	STATE	TOTAL	CENTRAL	STATE	TOTAL	CENTRAL	STATE	TOTAL	CENTRAL	STATE	TOTAL	CENTRAL	STATE	TOTAL
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Andhra Pradesh	1178.50	3507.56	4686.06	10287.49	7289.35	17576.84	11465.99	10796.91	22262.90	9433.24	9814.85	19248.09	2032.75	982.06	3014.81	86.46
2	Arunachal Pradesh	304.93	199.11	504.04	220.18	73.39	293.57	525.11	272.50	797.61	515.56	250.44	766.00	9.55	22.06	31.61	96.04
3	Assam	829.65	0.00	829.65	1862.90	1124.72	2987.62	2692.55	1124.72	3817.27	2597.78	213.68	2811.46	94.77	911.04	1005.81	73.65
4	Bihar	648.83	2436.90	3085.73	2749.44	689.26	3438.70	3398.27	3126.16	6524.43	2716.61	2510.01	5226.62	681.66	616.15	1297.81	80.11
5	Chhattisgarh	0.00	0.00	0.00	1891.40	522.23	2413.63	1891.40	522.23	2413.63	1165.88	387.02	1552.90	725.52	135.21	860.73	64.34
6	Goa	138.84	83.06	221.90	84.06	35.53	119.59	222.90	118.59	341.49	150.69	75.79	226.48	72.21	42.80	115.01	66.32
7	Gujarat	1685.26	594.67	2279.93	5103.85	1749.08	6852.93	6789.11	2343.75	9132.86	4877.53	2026.16	6903.69	1911.58	317.59	2229.17	75.59
8	Haryana	293.79	170.97	464.76	2823.20	941.06	3764.26	3116.99	1112.03	4229.02	2818.16	1012.42	3830.58	298.83	99.61	398.44	90.58
9	Himachal Pradesh	257.09	440.94	698.03	425.46	189.85	615.31	682.55	630.79	1313.34	633.12	615.97	1249.09	49.43	14.82	64.25	95.11
10	Jammu & Kashmir	490.61	448.60	939.21	502.38	1153.18	1655.56	992.99	1601.78	2594.77	983.93	1520.13	2504.06	9.06	81.65	90.71	96.50
11	Jharkhand	287.11	1137.36	1424.47	788.37	98.34	886.71	1075.48	1235.70	2311.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	1075.48	1235.70	2311.18	0.00
12	Karnataka	2071.86	2816.89	4888.75	7696.58	2329.36	10025.94	9768.44	5146.25	14914.69	8727.01	4740.98	13467.99	1041.43	405.27	1446.70	90.30
13	Kerala	353.75	509.95	863.70	3699.83	1496.58	5196.41	4053.58	2006.53	6060.11	3490.22	1690.94	5181.16	563.36	315.59	878.95	85.50
14	Madhya Pradesh	1390.47	1663.48	3053.95	10442.45	3166.09	13608.54	11832.92	4829.57	16662.49	10095.96	4449.78	14545.74	1736.96	379.79	2116.75	87.30
15	Maharashtra	3884.94	2715.67	6600.61	10801.93	3936.13	14738.06	14686.87	6651.80	21338.67	12797.30	4423.81	17221.11	1889.57	2227.99	4117.56	80.70
16	Manipur	299.66	56.38	356.04	469.70	294.97	764.67	769.36	351.35	1120.71	657.97	351.35	1009.31	111.39	0.00	111.40	90.06
17	Meghalaya	196.76	128.10	324.86	237.99	114.18	352.17	434.75	242.28	677.03	328.10	150.09	478.19	106.65	92.19	198.84	70.63
18	Mizoram	53.67	36.91	90.58	2126.44	759.06	2885.50	2180.11	795.97	2976.08	2063.41	795.97	2859.38	116.70	0.00	116.70	96.08
19	Nagaland	150.62	80.00	230.62	632.29	545.00	1177.29	782.91	625.00	1407.91	769.59	530.41	1299.99	13.32	94.60	107.92	92.33
20	Orissa	422.55	693.79	1116.34	2718.36	869.79	3588.15	3140.91	1563.58	4704.49	2631.29	1542.21	4173.50	509.62	21.37	530.99	88.71
21	Punjab	847.37	522.78	1370.15	581.21	329.04	910.25	1428.58	851.82	2280.40	1609.99	713.22	2323.21	-181.41	138.60	-42.81	101.88
22	Rajasthan	1328.56	1831.61	3160.17	3393.01	917.07	4310.08	4721.57	2748.68	7470.25	3824.96	2218.77	6043.73	896.61	529.91	1426.52	80.90
23	Sikkim	37.80	68.36	106.16	337.27	58.14	395.41	375.07	126.50	501.57	352.04	187.34	539.38	23.03	-60.84	-37.81	107.54
24	Tamil Nadu	3268.38	4246.27	7514.65	7594.90	2265.73	9860.63	10863.28	6512.00	17375.28	9540.77	6252.04	15792.81	1322.51	259.97	1582.47	90.89
25	Tripura	58.25	39.95	98.20	1401.98	550.11	1952.09	1460.23	590.06	2050.29	1409.66	457.23	1866.89	50.57	132.83	183.40	91.05
26	Uttranchal	0.00	0.00	0.00	662.90	117.90	780.80	662.90	117.90	780.80	200.45	66.82	267.27	462.45	51.08	513.53	34.23
27	Uttar Pradesh	3112.79	4650.64	7763.43	18308.11	5891.81	24199.92	21420.90	10542.45	31963.35	19309.55	9904.77	29214.32	2111.35	637.68	2749.03	91.40
28	West Bengal	1035.93	1643.21	2679.14	5172.97	1724.45	6897.42	6208.90	3367.66	9576.56	6197.21	3054.56	9251.77	11.69	313.10	324.79	96.61
29	A & N Islands	100.43	0.00	100.43	261.06	0.00	261.06	361.49	0.00	361.49	333.80	0.00	333.80	27.69	0.00	27.69	92.34
30	Chandigarh	77.70	0.00	77.70	705.50	0.00	705.50	783.20	0.00	783.20	234.62	0.00	234.62	548.58	0.00	548.58	29.96
31	D & N Haveli	81.34	0.00	81.34	287.77	0.00	287.77	369.11	0.00	369.11	305.56	0.00	305.56	63.55	0.00	63.55	82.78
32	Daman & Diu	81.65	0.00	81.65	161.63	0.00	161.63	243.28	0.00	243.28	42.10	0.00	42.10	201.18	0.00	201.18	17.31
33	Delhi	154.83	107.70	262.53	275.31	339.89	615.20	430.14	447.59	877.73	154.10	309.85	463.95	276.04	137.74	413.78	52.86
34	Pondicherry	85.83	173.30	259.13	950.65	194.11	1144.76	1036.48	367.41	1403.89	978.60	341.05	1319.65	57.88	26.36	84.24	94.00
	TOTAL	25209.75	31004.16	56213.91	105658.57	39765.41	145423.98	130868.32	70769.56	201637.88	111946.75	60607.65	172554.40	18921.57	10161.92	29083.48	85.58