Innovative and special Project (I&SP)

INNOVATIVE & SPECIAL PROJECTS (I&SP)

In keeping with the mission’s need to learn from, support and inculcate   innovative initiatives, the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) will promote novel approaches in the form of innovative and special projects. The objective of projects under this component will be to implement a time-bound programme to demonstrate an approach that is likely to have wide implications for sustaining urban poverty alleviation efforts.

A project taken up under this component may include pioneering approaches, innovations to strategies under DAY-NULM, or catalysing efforts in geographical areas where these have not been undertaken before. These projects may also include activities not possible to address through the normal course of DAY-NULM implementation. Further, special projects to address livelihood issues of most vulnerable sections like physically-challenged, rag pickers, domestic workers, rickshaw pullers, sanitation workers and other such vulnerable groups may also be taken up.

Innovative / special projects may be undertaken on a partnership mode involving CBOs, NGOs, semi-government Organisations, private sector, industry associations, government departments/ agencies, urban local bodies, national/state/city resource centres or international organisations.

The proposals for Innovative & Special Projects must be situated in the cities covered by DAY-NULM.

Under DAY-NULM, up to five (5) percent of the total Central Funds will be used for Special & Innovative Projects. This component will be centrally administered and no state share will be required for the projects sanctioned under this component. The funding support for a project under this component will depend on the nature of projects and will not be subject to the funding norms under other existing components of DAY-NULM.