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Rs 53.13 crore as Revolving Fund for NHGs & ADSs in urban areas

Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (UNI) Kudumbashree has distributed Rs 53.13 crore as Revolving Fund to Kudumbashree NHGs and ADSs in urban areas of Kerala.
This achievement is through the National Urban Livelihood Mission project, which is jointly implemented by Kudumbashree and the municipalities in the urban areas of Kerala.
Rs. 36.35 crores were given to NHGs, and Rs 16.78 crores were given to ADSs under this scheme.
Each NHG will be provided with a Revolving Fund of Rs. 10,000. The 36,349 NHGs in the urban area have benefitted from this.
The amount will be used to improve NHG activities and revive inactive ones. 3,356 Kudumbashree ADSs have also received Revolving Funds.
Rs 16.78 crores have been distributed to ADSs. This is the amount distributed in both categories in the last nine years.
The project will provide support, including job skills development training, to bring the unorganised urban poor under the umbrella of Kudumbashree and enable them to achieve progress in their lives.
Families with an annual income of Rs 1 lakh or less in urban areas are selected as beneficiaries.
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