India’s agentic boom tests regulators; Qcomm growth hits brakesHappy Friday! India’s AI agent boom is outpacing the guardrails meant to keep it in check. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
17 Apr, 2026, 07.34 AM IST
Centre saves ₹55,000 crore as FY26 spending undershoots estimatesGovernment spending in the last fiscal year was less than planned. This saving of about ₹55,000 crore will help manage tax collection short...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.01 AM IST
Are we not creating class of parasites? SC slams freebies promised before pollsThe Supreme Court criticized political parties for promising freebies just before elections, stating this creates a 'class of parasites' in...
12 Feb, 2025, 06.59 PM IST
Govt may consider 2nd phase of Urban Livelihoods MissionThe Union Cabinet is set to consider a proposal for the second version of the urban livelihoods mission, which aims to provide skill develo...
02 Dec, 2023, 10.42 PM IST
Government of India to study Assam model of urban poverty eradicationThe recent initiatives of the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), Assam, which aims to eradicate urban poverty and socio-economically...
05 Dec, 2022, 08.39 PM IST
Only half of urban slum households surveyed in 6 states use LPG exclusively: CEEWThe survey was conducted in urban slums across the six states. It covered 656 households across 83 notified and non-notified urban slums in...
10 Mar, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Shelter homes: Supreme Court questions Centre's allotment of Rs 1,078 croreHighlighting the need to monitor the use of funds by the Centre, the apex court sought details of the expenditure and observed that it seem...
30 Oct, 2015, 08.52 PM IST
RBI asks banks to submit progress report on NULMThe Reserve Bank asked banks to submit progress on the work done under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) on a quarterly basis.
28 May, 2015, 10.10 PM IST
14.22 lakh beneficiaries of National Urban Livelihoods Mission in last 3 years: governmentThe Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was later converted into NULM in September last year.
22 Apr, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
Odisha Urban Livelihood Mission to be launched: Governor"We have not resorted to any market borrowing since last eight years and this is a good lesson for others to emulate," Jamir said.
06 Feb, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
Odisha Urban Livelihood Mission to be launched, says Governor S C JamirAccusing the government of adopting undemocratic methods during the last assembly session, opposition leaders sought the Governor's interve...
06 Feb, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
Centre needs to monitor use of funds meant for homeless: Supreme CourtThe social-justice bench said the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation is under an obligation to monitor the use of funds give...
16 Jan, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
Vote on Account 2014: Sharp hike in budgetary allocation for HUPA MinistryThe increase in the budget is accounted for by schemes such as NULM, JNNURM, Rajiv Awas Yodana and Rajiv Rin Yojana.
17 Feb, 2014, 11.12 PM IST
Urban poverty a major challenge,India should be slum-free: President Pranab MukherjeeHe said there are an estimated 93 million slum dwellers in our country, with an urban housing shortage of nearly 18 million.
21 Jan, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
CCEA clears 2 proposals for housing for the poorGovernment today cleared two proposals for providing affordable housing to the urban poor.
03 Sep, 2013, 11.24 PM IST
- Centre to come up with NULM policy soon: Ajay Maken
The Central Government would soon come up with a new policy of National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) to alleviate poverty in urban areas...
10 May, 2013, 11.17 PM IST
- Now job opportunities for nearly 100 million urban poor
The UPA-II has proposed a National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) to address issues related to urban poverty like skill upgradation.
24 Jan, 2012, 11.08 PM IST