National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA), Government of India in 23rd September, 2013 by replacing the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).The NULM will focus on organizing urban poor in their strong grassroots level institutions, creating opportunities for skill development leading to market-based employment and helping them to set up self-employment venture by ensuring easy access to credit. The Mission is aimed at providing shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased manner. In addition, the Mission would also address livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors.

• The Mission emphasizes on social mobilization, institutional development and capacity building, placement linked training and self employment.
• The mission aim at providing shelters equipped with essential services to the urban homeless.
• The Mission also address livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces, institutional credit, social security and skills to the urban street vendors for accessing emerging market opportunities.
• The primary target of DAY-NULM is the urban poor, including the urban homeless.

A Task Force has been constituted at ULB level for recommending cases for individual and group enterprises. The composition of the Task Force is as follows:

Sl. No.	TASK Force at ULB level	Role
1	Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ULB/ Municipal Commissioner of ULB/ or any representative authorized by CEO ULB	Chairman
2	Lead District Manager (LDM)	Member
3	City Project Officer (CPO), ULB/ or any authorized representative of ULB	Member
4	Representative from District Industries Centre (DIC)	Member
5	Senior Branch Managers (Max-2) of banks	Member
6	Representatives(2) of Area Level Federation / City Level Federation	Member

• State Mission Managers - Social Mobilisation and Institution Development
• State Mission Managers - Shelters and social infrastructure
• State Mission Managers - Skills and Livelihoods
• State Mission Managers - Financial Inclusion & Micro Enterprises
• State Mission Managers - MIS & ME
• State Mission Managers - HR & Capacity Building

• Managers - Social Development & Infrastructure (28)
• Managers - Skills and Livelihoods (28)
• Managers - MIS & ME (4)
• Managers - Financial Inclusion & Micro Enterprises (4)