Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh are ahead of other States in addressing urban poverty during the last three years i.e 2014-17.
Tamil Nadu is in the forefront in assisting urban poor with subsidized loans for self-employment through setting up of individual and group micro enterprises and formation of Self-Help Groups under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-NULM (DAY-NULM) and Uttar Pradesh led in skilling urban poor.
Madhya Pradesh stood second in skill training and providing loans support.
Details of performance of leading States under different components of DAY-NULM are as below:
| State | No of urban poor given skill training | No of beneficiaries gven subsidized loans | Self-Help Groups formed |
| Tamil Nadu | 1,04,448 | 30.258 | 24,245 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,17,133 | 26,558 | 8,973 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,89,831 | 14,138 | 15,954 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 45,236 | 15,617 | 12,278 |
| Chattisgarh | 30,022 | 8,185 | 14,393 |
| West Bengal | 64,277 | 2,418 | 10,871 |
| Karnataka | 38,007 | 8,799 | 5,021 |
| Maharashtra | 29,317 | 8,202 | 6,921 |
| Bihar | 29,762 | 890 | 8,390 |
| Telangana | 12,546 | 3,182 | 10,097 |
| Gujarat | 12,090 | 2,216 | 7,186 |
National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) was launched in September,2016 with the objective of reducing the poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities for improvements in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis.
NULM which was launched in 790 cities and towns in 2013 was subsequently extended to all the statutory 4,041 cities and towns in February, 2016.
During 2014-17, 8,07,187 urban poor were given skill training, 1,35,158 beneficiaries were given subsidized bank loans for setting up own enterprises and 1,62,285 Self-Help Groups have been formed for taking up income augmenting activities with the support of bank loans.
