Subject(s): Vulnerability -- Urban poor -- Government policy -- Poverty Reduction -- Urban poverty and vulnerability : Urban poor, assessment and measurement, understanding urban poverty, poverty and vulnerability, dimensions of urban poverty, millennium development goals and poverty -- Poverty in urban India : Urbanization and challenges of poverty, definition and measurement of urban poverty, access to housing and basic services, poor people's perceptions, categorizing the urban poor and their needs and aspirations -- Reducing poverty in urban India- existing approaches : Central government, state government, select non governmental organizations, performance of programs/ interventions, gaps, constraints and policy issues -- Lessons learnt, emerging approaches and strategies -- Roadmap and agenda for urban poverty reduction : Developing a comprehensive strategy, improving monitoring and evaluation, financing poverty reduction programs, key challenges for external agencies