Lok Sabha Question No. 269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: BPL Persons
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .269

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## BPL PERSONS

## 269. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI: SHRI SHIV KUMAR UDASI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether drought, starvation and poverty are rampant in various States of coun if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of persons living below poverty line as per the latest census, -wise;
- (c) whether the  said  list  is  being  used  to  identify  the  beneficiaries  under  the eradication  programmes;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) thesteps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  purchasing  power  of people of the rural areas of the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- (a) & (b): The erstwhile Planning Commission estimate d poverty on the basis of monthly per  capita  consumption  expenditure  (MPCE)  as  criteria  for  defining  poverty  lin separates poor from the non poor. The poverty lines and poverty ratios for 2011 - 12 have been computed following the extant Tendulkar meth odology. The number of persons living below poverty line in 2011 - 12 State/UT wise is given at Annexure .

The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  also  conducted the  Socio - Economic  and Caste  Census  2011  (SECC  2011) which  provides  data  on  socio - e onomic  status  of households for targeting potential beneficiaries under its Programmes. SECC data c respondent based disclosures on socio economic status of 17.96 crore rural households. Key findings reveal that out of 17.96 crore rural households, 7.06 crore households (39.37%) ha reported on criteria that automatically excludes them as not facing deprivation, (48.51%) have reported incidence of deprivation on criteria enumerated in the SECC ( 2011 and 16.50 lakh (0.92%) households have reported themselves on criteria that lis as poorest of the poor for automatic inclusion.

- ( c) & (d): The Ministry of Rural Development has decided to use the SECC data for selection of beneficiaries under its programmes. It has been decided to use the SECC the selection of beneficiaries under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Li velihood Mission  (DAY- NRLM) and Pradhan Mantri  Awaas  Yojana for  better  targeting  of beneficiaries. The SECC data is also being used by various Ministries and State Gove for identification of beneficiaries.

(e):The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  inter  alia,  is  implementing  Mahatma  Gand National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA), Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana -National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission  (DAY - NRLM) , Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY)  and Indira  Aw aas  Yojana  (IAY)  now  restructured  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas Yojana  (PMAY)  in  rural  areas  of  the  country,  through  State  Governments  and Administrations. The objective of these programmes is to bring about overall improve the  quality  of  life  in  rural areas  through  employment  generation,  development  of  rural infrastructure and provision of other basic amenities. These programmes help in increasing purchasing power of the rural people directly and indirectly.

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## Annexure referred to in part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No - 269 due for reply on 17.11.2016 State - Wise Rural Population living Below Poverty Line (BPL )

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs           |   No.of Persons (in Lakh) in 2011- 12 |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                                61.8   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                 4.2   |
| 3         | Assam                |                                92.1   |
| 4         | Bihar                |                               320.4   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                                88.9   |
| 6         | Delhi                |                                 0.5   |
| 7         | Goa                  |                                 0.4   |
| 8         | Gujarat              |                                75.4   |
| 9         | Haryana              |                                19.4   |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     |                                 5.3   |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                10.7   |
| 12        | Jharkhand            |                               104.1   |
| 13        | Karnataka            |                                92.8   |
| 14        | Kerala               |                                15.5   |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       |                               191     |
| 16        | Maharashtra          |                               150.6   |
| 17        | Manipur              |                                 7.4   |
| 18        | Meghalaya            |                                 3     |
| 19        | Mizoram              |                                 1.9   |
| 20        | Nagaland             |                                 2.8   |
| 21        | Orissa               |                               126.1   |
| 22        | Punjab               |                                13.4   |
| 23        | Rajasthan            |                                84.2   |
| 24        | Sikkim               |                                 0.4   |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           |                                59.2   |
| 26        | Tripura              |                                 4.5   |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        |                               479.4   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          |                                 8.2   |
| 29        | West Bengal          |                               141.1   |
| 30        | Puducherry           |                                 0.7   |
| 31        | A & N Islands        |                                 0.04  |
| 32        | Chandigarh           |                                 0.004 |
| 33        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli |                                 1.2   |
| 34        | Daman and Diu        |                                 0     |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          |                                 0     |
|           | All India            |                              2166.6   |