Unleashing Entrepreneurial Capabilities of Urban Poor: The Avenues in Day-NULM

By : Nagasuhasini R, Umajyothi V

Page No: 59-76

Abstract
Urban poverty is one of the worst maladies. This study suggests the need to think beyond the traditional way of approaching poverty such as providing monetary assistance or in-kind transfers.Though employment opportunities have been included in the policy frameworks, implementing them without considering the right point of entry is indeed a huge mistake. The Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) is one such perspective that can be employed while framing policies to eliminate urban poverty. The approach helps in identifying the capabilities and vulnerabilities of the poor and thereby helps the countries to make the right point of entry. In India, the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) is one of the major efforts on the part of the government to eradicate urban poverty. The mission extends entrepreneurial opportunities to the urban poor. However, providing opportunities without building the right environment (capability enhancement and vulnerability reduction) will accelerate the implementation lapses. Hence, it becomes imperative to know whether the mission is capable of unleashing the  entrepreneurial capabilities of the poor through the lens of the SL approach.

Authors :
Nagasuhasini R : Research scholar, Department of Economics, Government College for Women,Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram. 
Umajyothi V : Associate Professor & Head, Department of Economics, Government College for Women, Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram.