Welcome to Tamil Nadu
Urban Livelihoods Mission
(TNULM)
About TNULM
Objectives
- To form communities that will work for our society's poor, vulnerable, and disabled sections.
- To identify potentials in the urban poor and guide them to enhance skills and capacities.
- To identify profitable livelihood options/enterprises, mobilize funds and guide on marketing-related issues.
- To address urban-homeless needs by providing shelter with essential services and enhancing the street vendors' livelihood.
Mission
Components
Mission targets poverty alleviation of the urban poor through various initiatives which are executed through the below components
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Lives Impacted
Urban Livelihood Interventions
TNULM focuses on interventions that have a positive and definitive impact on the livelihoods of the urban poor, thereby bringing them out of the poverty trap, and has been piloting several initiatives for livelihood improvement across various categories of vulnerability.
Green Initiatives of Urban SHGs
These Self Help Groups (SHGs) intend to develop a relationship between women’s empowerment and environmental management. It also ensures how women’s role in the promotion of environmental sustainability.
Enterprise Development and Promotion
The promotion of viable enterprises is an important component of the entire process of SHG promotion. It synergises the positive features of savings and credit habits to set the stage for the subsequent establishment of income-generating micro-enterprises
Livelihood Opportunities in 13 Coastal Districts-based Urban SHGs
The introduction of SHG leased a new life to the fishing community in the coastal area, as it provided a window of opportunity for these men and women. Through them, their families, achieve upward social mobility. Upward social mobility or empowerment of the community usually takes place in three stages, viz. motivation by experts, a kind of anticipatory mental social mobility and actual actions.
Piloting for Motorized Vending Carts for Urban SHG
Street vending provides a source of self-employment, and thus acts as a measure of urban poverty alleviation without major Government intervention. They have a prominent place in the urban supply chain and are an integral part of the economic growth process within urban areas. A pilot project for providing motorized vending carts for Street vendor-based SHGs is carried out to uplift the economic position.
Special Interventions for Rag Pickers
Total Waste Management Services has helped waste pickers to unlock their entrepreneurial zeal and potential. Model of operation of the service is franchise based, where waste pickers become entrepreneurs and lead their unit in providing services
SHG-based Micro Enterprises Development and Promotion
The promotion of viable enterprises is an important component of the entire process of SHG promotion. It synergises the positive features of savings and credit habits to set the stage for the subsequent establishment of income-generating micro-enterprises.
Special Interventions for Nomadic Tribes - Narikuravas
Nomadic Tribes and Semi Nomadic Tribes are one of the most deprived and economically weaker communities in India. A livelihood initiative to enhance productivity growth in key livelihood sectors for employment generation for DNT/NT/SNT communities through investments in institutional support and technical assistance is being carried out.
Urban Serve TM - Skilled Home Service Provisioning in Urban Areas
Service Platform for Blue Collar Professionals of Urban Tamil Nadu that ensures availability of Professional service to the urban population of Tamil Nadu and ensures Access to Employment opportunities and Incremental income for Service Professionals from TNULM Urban Poor SHG Network.
TNULM - City Livelihood Centres
The objective of the City Livelihoods Centre (CLC) is to provide a platform whereby the urban poor can market their services and access information and other benefits. CLCs will act as a “one-stop shop” for those seeking services from the informal sector as well as for the urban poor promoting their services and products.
TNULM Livelihood Interventions
Livelihood provisioning is a set of relief-based interventions that involve providing food and meeting other essential needs for households to maintain nutritional levels and save lives.
Piloting for Motorized Vending Carts for Urban SHG
Street vending provides a source of self-employment, and thus acts as a measure of urban poverty alleviation without major Government intervention. They have a prominent place in the urban supply chain and are an integral part of the economic growth process within urban areas. A pilot project for providing motorized vending carts for Street vendor-based SHGs is carried out to uplift the economic position.
Livelihood Interventions in Urban Pottery Clusters
In heritage skill of pottery-making art, growing demand for fashionable earthen pots, new business opportunities, and growing border trade relationships with the neighbouring state and countries, the community pottery skills are nurtured and provided with the tools and platform to create profitable enterprises.
Urban Basket TM - Marketing and Branding of TNULM SHG Products
A platform where SHGs can monetise by showcasing the SHG products and getting a cross-border enquiry for supplies. TNULM supports the groups through marketing and branding assistance on the platform.
Green Initiatives of Urban SHGs
Enterprise Development and Promotion
Livelihood Opportunities in 13 Coastal Districts based Urban SHGs
Pilotiing for Motorized Vending Carts for Urban SHGs
Special Interventions for Rag Pickers
SHG based Micro Enterprises Development and Promotion
Special Interventions for Nomadic Tribes - Narikuravas
Urban Serve TM - Skilled Home Service Provisioning in Urban Areas
TNULM - City Livelihood Centers
TNULM Livelihood Interventions
Pilotiing for Motorized Vending Carts for Urban SHGs
Livelihood Interventions in Urban Pottery Clusters
Urban Basket TM - Marketing and Branding of TNULM SHG Products
Livelihood Opportunities in 13 Coastal Districts based Urban SHGs
TNULM Livelihood Interventions
Special Interventions for Rag Pickers
SHG based Micro Enterprises Development and Promotion
Special Interventions for Nomadic Tribes - Narikuravas
Urban Serve - Skilled Home Service Provisioning in Urban Areas
Partnership And Convergence
TNULM believes that partnership and convergence with other like-minded initiatives which work for poverty alleviation and social betterment will propel the Mission towards its goal at a faster pace and hence actively collaborates with other government departments, missions, and like-minded Community-Based Service Organizations
CMWSSB – TNULM Support in Survey of
Households
Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam -
MTM
Testimonials
Tamil Nadu Urban Livelihoods Mission plays a pivotal role in terms of organizing the urban poor and streamlining their activities in order that they get their due recognition and access to various government entitlements. Their activities in urban poverty alleviation, urban SHG formation and credit linkage, offering support for urban homeless through shelter creation and management, providing support for urban street vendors have been and transforming the landscape of urban livelihoods. Their activities play an important role towards creating a prosperous Tamil Nadu and here is wishing them the best in their endeavours.
Shiv Das Meena IAS
Tamil Nadu Urban Livelihoods Mission is marching towards the aim of creating a poverty free urban areas in the state with its various innovative initiatives spanning the areas of social mobilization, skill development and enterprise development amongst the urban poor. Their activities play an important role towards creating a prosperous Tamil Nadu and here is wishing them the best in their endeavours.
P Amudha IAS
TNULM has been a frontrunner in the country in terms of various activities related to poverty alleviation in urban areas. The performance of the Mission till date is an case in point for design and delivery of poverty alleviation programs specifically suited for urban areas.
P.Divyadharshini IAS
TNULM is best suited to deliver on the vision of poverty alleviation in Urban Tamil Nadu. It functions as a fulcrum for holistic empowerment of women SHGs in Urban Tamil Nadu. Innovative initiatives such as creating digitally smart SHGs, creating Urban Serve application for blue-collar professionals, mentoring SHG enterprises, supporting in branding and marketing of SHG products etc is transforming the way in which TNULM SHGs are making waves in the society.
Priyanka Balasubramanian IAS
TNULM is an important tool for poverty reduction with special focus on vulnerable sections of the society, such as the differently-abled, minorities, scheduled castes and tribe, conservancy workers etc. The Mission encourages group activities amongst the urban poor by its specially designed scheme of credit linkage under Self Employment Program.
Murthy Karnan
The urban ecosystem presents unique challenges in the field of social mobilization and that is precisely what makes it interesting. With a huge ambitious population, ever searching for livelihood opportunities, creating a group mindset and making them function as a team to take forward their livelihood dreams makes TNULM a hugely satisfying mission to work for and am glad to be contributing towards its vision.
Subash Babunath
TNULM gives us the opportunity to impact thousands of lives in urban areas of my district. By forming them into SHGs, there is an identity that is created for the women members that gives them a platform to voice their opinion in various fora.
J. Jeyarani
We make significant impact in the lives of urban poor by enabling them to access affordable credit linkage, thereby freeing them from the clutches of high interest private loans. This makes significant difference to monthly budget of BPL and middle class family members, who then divert their savings to more meaningful expenditure.
T. Kalaivanan
Our district is one of the newly formed districts and had huge scope for uplifting the lives of urban poor. Under the Mission, we have formed xxx number of SHGs and linked yyy of SHGs for credit. The effect of the Mission in transforming the lives of the bottom of the pyramid can be felt and seen in a district like ours.
S. Devanathan
In a progressive district like Salem, the Mission has been focussing on creating a visible impact in the livelihoods focussed on manufacturing and service sector oriented growth. We are pushing for SHG Enterprises to take center-stage and are mentoring them to take a profit oriented approach to business development. TNULM has been boon for enterprising SHGs in our district.
K. Selvam
Who would have imagined that I, a 2nd generational street vending entrepreneur, could have accessed bank loan during COVID times, without a hassle. Thanks to TNULM for forming us into a Common Interest Group of Street Vendors and supporting us in vending activities and providing access to credit.
R Maria Dass
I have completed only basic degree but I got an opportunity to work as a Women Health Volunteer through TNULM SHG network. Today, I visit several urban poor households and screen them for various non-communicable diseases. Everytime I identify and refer a new patient or follow up for an existing diseases, I get an immense satisfaction of contributing to the health of the society. Thanks to TNULM for the opportunity.
S.Kavitha, Chennai
We used to make masala powder and packaged dry fish from the confines of our house and market them using our peer network. We never knew that even we could receive credit support for our micro activity. From TNULM ALF network, We got to know of the PMFME scheme through which we received INR 40,000 each as seed capital for our business. This is the first official recognition for the tiny enterprise that we have started and would like to take forward.
Matheena
We used to make masala powder and packaged dry fish from the confines of our house and market them using our peer network. We never knew that even we could receive credit support for our micro activity. From TNULM ALF network, We got to know of the PMFME scheme through which we received INR 40,000 each as seed capital for our business. This is the first official recognition for the tiny enterprise that we have started and would like to take forward.
Madhavan, Vellore
Initially I found it difficult to reach banks for the small business I was doing. Community organizer from TNULM supported my request and helped liaison with the bank in getting me bank loan with interest subvention through TNULM.
