75 urban Self-Help Groups participated in SARAS Mela at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on October 3-14, 2019.

Free eye check-up camp organised at Shelter for Urban Homeless in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on October 12, 2019.

Loan Mela - an outreach initiative for providing credit to the beneficiaries at Chandigarh, Punjab on October 5-6, 2019.

Fortnightly

Issue XIII • 1-15 October 2019

Progress since 2014-15 till

October 15, 20194,59,642SHGs formed

9,90,697 Candidates skill trained

1,00,255Shelter spaces

created for Urban Homeless

11,15,536 Livelihoods

created

8,35,114 Street vendors issued ID cards

Newsletter

Funds released to States (Rs. in Lakh)

RajaStHan

3810.75 lakh

anDHRa PRaDeSH (SPaRK - I)

1200 lakh

KeRaLa (SPaRK - II)

900 lakh

GUjaRat (SPaRK -III)

600 lakh

aSSam

1486.42lakh

Workshop on PAiSA to create

awareness among ULB functionaries

at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on

October 15, 2019.

State level workshop cum exhibition of hand-made products of Self Help Groups at Chandigarh, Punjab on October 15, 2019.

Awareness Campaign on World Homeless Day organised in

various states to create awareness about shelters and

various best practices followed.

Self Help Groups inspire communities on Swachhata

initiatives

As a part of Swachhata Hi Seva initiative, SHGs in many states participated in various activities to create awareness about ban on the use of Single Use Plastic (SUP) products and promoting use of eco- friendly products.

Fore more details, please visit www.nulm.gov.in