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(SUH). The scheme has two Table 13: Availability of NULM and Non-NULM Shelters across States of India
components, separately for NULM Shelters Non-NULM Shelters
rural and urban India. The States Number of Capacity of Number of Capacity of
Urban component named as Shelters Shelters Shelters Shelters
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana
is implemented by the Ministry Andaman & 0 0 1 60
of Housing and Urban Poverty Nicobar
Alleviation. On the other hand, Andhra 87 4500 47 2190
the rural component named Pradesh
as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Assam 1 20 21 1090
Grameen Kaushalya Yojana Bihar 73 2407 1 50
is being implemented by the Chandigarh 1 105 1 134
Ministry of Rural Development. Chhattisgarh 23 1012 0 0
The NULM has been under Goa 0 0 4 175
implementation since Gujarat 50 4197 73 3336
September 24, 2013 in all district Haryana 41 2128 0 0
headquarters (irrespective of Himachal 20 635 20 213
population) and all the cities with Pradesh
population of 1 lakh or more.
Further, cost of construction of Jharkhand 95 2185 0 0
shelters for urban homeless is Karnataka 37 927 3 103
fully funded under the Scheme. Kerala 17 2079 155 9402
In the context of homelessness, Madhya 132 4768 0 0
the mission document of DAY- Pradesh
NULM mentions that it attempts Maharashtra 78 3506 7 601
to “Ensure availability and Meghalaya 3 67 0 0
access for the urban homeless Mizoram 96 3910 1 20
population to permanent 24- Nagaland 2 80 0 0
hour shelters including the basic NCT of Delhi 16 1850 177 14419
infrastructural facilities like
water supply, sanitation, safety Odisha 36 1865 0 0
and security” (p.9). Puducherry 2 200 0 0
Punjab 22 1283 154 2415
In Table 13 &14, the total capacity
of shelters created under NULM Rajasthan 201 9295 0 0
and Non-NULM is presented. Sikkim 1 13 3 82
Further, a shortage of shelters Tamil Nadu 157 9869 0 0
for the homeless across states of Telangana 34 2158 238 4782
India is calculated. Tripura 2 100 0 0
Table 14 examines the availability Uttar Pradesh 87 5860 57 2276
and shortage of shelters for Uttarakhand 10 622 12 612
urban homeless across states of West Bengal 27 1547 11 536
India. According to 2011 Census, Total 1351 67188 986 42496
there are 9.25 lakh homeless Source: DAY-NULM, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India.

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