As per the estimates of the Planning Commission, based on the Uniform Recall Period method, the number of urban poor population has increased from 76.34 million to 80.80 million during the years 1993-94 and 2004-05; The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has brought out ‘India Urban Poverty Report 2009’ containing research papers/ academic papers on key facets of urban poverty such as economic development and urban poverty, gender dimensions of urban poverty, poverty and migration, unorganized sector and urban poverty, etc. The Report, based on study findings, reveals that (i) rural migrants into urban areas have lower probability of being poor than the local population and (ii) among migrants, the incidence of poverty is higher for rural-urban migrants compared to urban-urban migrants. The chapter in India Urban Poverty Report on “Gender Dimensions of Urban Poverty” observes that women in urban areas are affected due to poverty and gender discrimination. The scheme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana, which has been comprehensively revamped with effect from 1.4.2009, is the major scheme for addressing the issues of urban poverty with focus on women. The scheme has 5 major components: (1) Urban Self Employment Programme (USEP) (2) Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP) (3) Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) (4) Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP) (5) Urban Community Development Network (UCDN) Urban Women Self-help Programme (UWSP) component under Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) targets at: (i) Assistance to groups of urban poor women for setting up gainful self employment ventures – UWSP (Loan & Subsidy) (ii)Revolving Funds for Self-Help Groups (SHGs)/ Thrift & Credit Societies (T&CSs) formed by the urban poor women – UWSP (Revolving Fund). Further, under the Guidelines of SJSRY, it is stipulated that the percentage of women beneficiaries under USEP and STEP-UP shall not be less than 30%.