The National Urban Livelihood Mission has now been extended to cover all the 4,041 statutory urban local bodies in India. With this, all the urban poor across the country will now be assisted with livelihood opportunities.<br/><br/>Introduced in 2013, the scheme was till now implemented in 791 cities in India covering all district headquarters, cities and towns with a population of above one lakh.<br/><br/>Now all the states and Union Territories have been empowered to implement it in all the remaining 3,250 statutory urban local bodies even if they have a population of less than one lakh each, a Government release said today.<br/><br/> The scheme, abbreviated as NULM, will now be renamed as "Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-NULM".<br/><br/>It will be named as "Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-Rashtriya Shahri Aajeevika Mission" in Hindi.<br/><br/>NULM seeks to enhance employment opportunities and incomes of the urban poor through skill development and training, setting up of individual and group micro-enterprises, formation of Self-Help Groups, building shelters for homeless, among others.