<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Government today said that it is committed to sustainable development of urban India. Addressing the National Workshop on Urban Livelihood Mission in New Delhi today, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, with this mission the government aims at ensuring the overall rise of the last person in the queue.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Minister said this workshop will be useful for finding solutions for issues including elimination of poverty, attainment of inclusive economic growth and productive employment and gender equality particularly in marginalized groups of the urban population.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mr Singh also conferred the Swachhta Excellence Awards to Area Level Federations of various states for their initiative in sensitisation sector, including creating awareness about sanitation, elimination of open defecation and scientific waste management in urban societies.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>