Lok Sabha Question No. 2913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Benefits to BPL People
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2913

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## BENEFITS TO BPL PEOPLE

## 2913.   SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the country as per BPL Census, State-wise;
- (b) whether the BPL list or BPL Census is being used to ascertain beneficiaries under poverty alleviation programmes;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a):   The poverty lines for 2011-12 were computed by the erstwhile Planning Commission following  the  Tendulkar  methodology.  The  State  wise  number  of  people  living  Below Poverty  Line  in  rural  and  urban  areas  as  per  the  Tendulkar  methodology  is  given  in Annexure.

(b) to (d): A combined Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011 was conducted by  the  -State  Governments  and  Union  Territory  Administrations  with  the  financial  and technical support of the Ministry of Rural Development to generate information on a large number of socio- economic indicators for ranking of households across the country both in rural and urban areas.The SECC data and its findings are being used in the implementation of rural  development  programmes,  viz.  Deen  Dayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural Livelihoods  Mission,  Pradhan  Mantri  AwaasYojana-  Gramin  and  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana.  However,  central  assistance  to  States/Union  Teritories  under National Social Assistance Programme is determined on the basis of BPL population of the State.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2913

## Annexure due for answer on 04.01.2018

## Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line By States - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

| S. No.   |                     | Rural           | Rural                  | Urban           | Urban                  | Total           | Total                  |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| S. No.   | States              | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 11              | 61.8                   | 5.8             | 17                     | 9.2             | 78.8                   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 38.9            | 4.2                    | 20.3            | 0.7                    | 34.7            | 4.9                    |
| 3        | Assam               | 33.9            | 92.1                   | 20.5            | 9.2                    | 32              | 101.3                  |
| 4        | Bihar               | 34.1            | 320.4                  | 31.2            | 37.8                   | 33.7            | 358.2                  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 44.6            | 88.9                   | 24.8            | 15.2                   | 39.9            | 104.1                  |
| 6        | Delhi               | 12.9            | 0.5                    | 9.8             | 16.5                   | 9.9             | 17                     |
| 7        | Goa                 | 6.8             | 0.4                    | 4.1             | 0.4                    | 5.1             | 0.8                    |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 21.5            | 75.4                   | 10.1            | 26.9                   | 16.6            | 102.2                  |
| 9        | Haryana             | 11.6            | 19.4                   | 10.3            | 9.4                    | 11.2            | 28.8                   |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 8.5             | 5.3                    | 4.3             | 0.3                    | 8.1             | 5.6                    |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 11.5            | 10.7                   | 7.2             | 2.5                    | 10.3            | 13.3                   |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 40.8            | 104.1                  | 24.8            | 20.2                   | 37              | 124.3                  |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 24.5            | 92.8                   | 15.3            | 37                     | 20.9            | 129.8                  |
| 14       | Kerala              | 9.1             | 15.5                   | 5               | 8.5                    | 7.1             | 23.9                   |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      | 35.7            | 191                    | 21              | 43.1                   | 31.6            | 234.1                  |
| 16       | Maharashtra         | 24.2            | 150.6                  | 9.1             | 47.4                   | 17.4            | 197.9                  |
| 17       | Manipur             | 38.8            | 7.4                    | 32.6            | 2.8                    | 36.9            | 10.2                   |
| 18       | Meghalaya           | 12.5            | 3                      | 9.3             | 0.6                    | 11.9            | 3.6                    |
| 19       | Mizoram             | 35.4            | 1.9                    | 6.4             | 0.4                    | 20.4            | 2.3                    |
| 20       | Nagaland            | 19.9            | 2.8                    | 16.5            | 1                      | 18.9            | 3.8                    |
| 21       | Orissa              | 35.7            | 126.1                  | 17.3            | 12.4                   | 32.6            | 138.5                  |
| 22       | Punjab              | 7.7             | 13.4                   | 9.2             | 9.8                    | 8.3             | 23.2                   |
| 23       | Rajasthan           | 16.1            | 84.2                   | 10.7            | 18.7                   | 14.7            | 102.9                  |
| 24       | Sikkim              | 9.9             | 0.4                    | 3.7             | 0.1                    | 8.2             | 0.5                    |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu          | 15.8            | 59.2                   | 6.5             | 23.4                   | 11.3            | 82.6                   |
| 26       | Tripura             | 16.5            | 4.5                    | 7.4             | 0.8                    | 14              | 5.2                    |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh       | 30.4            | 479.4                  | 26.1            | 118.8                  | 29.4            | 598.2                  |
| 28       | Uttarakhand         | 11.6            | 8.2                    | 10.5            | 3.4                    | 11.3            | 11.6                   |
| 29       | West Bengal         | 22.5            | 141.1                  | 14.7            | 43.8                   | 20              | 185                    |
| 30       | Puducherry          | 17.1            | 0.7                    | 6.3             | 0.6                    | 9.7             | 1.2                    |
| 31       | A &NIslands         | 1.6             | 0.04                   | 0               | 0                      | 1               | 0.04                   |
| 32       | Chandigarh          | 1.6             | 0.004                  | 22.3            | 2.3                    | 21.8            | 2.3                    |
| 33       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 62.6            | 1.2                    | 15.4            | 0.3                    | 39.3            | 1.4                    |
| 34       | Daman &Diu          | 0               | 0                      | 12.6            | 0.3                    | 9.9             | 0.3                    |
| 35       | Lakshadweep         | 0               | 0                      | 3.4             | 0.02                   | 2.8             | 0.02                   |
|          | All India           | 25.7            | 2166.6                 | 13.7            | 531.2                  | 21.9            | 2697.8                 |