Lok Sabha Question No. 3312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: People Living Below Poverty Line
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3312

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

## PEOPLE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

## 3312.   SHRI DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the country as per the year 2017, State-wise;
- (b) the number of people included or applied for inclusion in the category of the people living Below Poverty Line during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is verifying whether those people are still living below poverty line and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there are instances that the people are taking BPL facilities illegally and genuine BPL people are deprived of the benefits; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  this practice?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a)  &  (b)  :  The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  provides  financial  and  technical  support  to  the States/UTs for conducting the BPL Census to identify the families living Below the Poverty Line in the  rural  areas  who  could  be  targeted  under  its  various  programmes.    The  first  BPL  Census  was conducted  in  1992  for  the  Eighth  Five  Year  Plan.  Subsequently,  BPL  census  was  conducted  in 1997, for the Ninth Five Year Plan and in 2002 for the Tenth Five Year Plan period. In 2011, in place of BPL Survey, a Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011) was conducted by the States/UTs under technical and financial support from the Government of India. SECC, 2011 provides data of households on various aspects of their socio-economic status viz., housing, landholding/landlessness,  educational  status, status of  women,  the  differently  abled,  occupation, possession of assets, SC/ST households, incomes, etc. SECC data have captured respondent based disclosures on  socio  economic  status  of 17.96  crore rural  households  and  allows  automatic exclusion of 7.06 crore (39.37 %) households as not poor on the basis of 13 parameters, automatic inclusion of 0.16 crore (0.91 %) households as poorest of the poor on the basis of 5 parameters and grading of deprivation of 8.70 crore (48.51%) households on the basis of seven criteria. State/UTwise  numbers  of  rural  households  admitting  incidence  of  1-7  deprivation  parameters  is  given  at Annexure-I. Number of Rural BPL families identified by the States/UTs under BPL Census, 2002 is at Annexure-II .

(c) to (e):  Ministry of Rural Development, inter alia, is implementing various rural development programmes in rural areas of the country, namely, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) and Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) for overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural  areas  through  employment  generation,  skilling  of  youths,  provision  of  social  assistance  and other basic amenities.  To avoid exclusion and inclusion errors, Ministry of Rural Development is using the SECC  2011  data on multi-dimensionality of poverty for implementing scheme including PMAY (G), DAY-NRLM, DDU-GKY, etc. . Beneficiary list in terms of SECC data is placed before Gram Sabha for inviting claims and objections for finalization of the same to ensure that only eligible beneficiaries get covered under the respective beneficiary oriented scheme.

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## Annexure-I

| States/UTs.                                         | Total Households                                    | Automatic Exclusion                                 | Automatic Inclusion                                 | Considered for Deprivation                          | Households with no Deprivation                      |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 01 - JAMMU &KASHMIR                                 | 1601606                                             | 761875                                              | 13791                                               | 825940                                              | 239595                                              |
| 02 - HIMACHAL PRADESH                               | 1263756                                             | 840852                                              | 1938                                                | 420966                                              | 161111                                              |
| 03 - PUNJAB                                         | 3269467                                             | 2438567                                             | 8004                                                | 822896                                              | 44651                                               |
| 04 - CHANDIGARH                                     | 15657                                               | 9250                                                | 10                                                  | 6397                                                | 2472                                                |
| 05 - UTTARAKHAND                                    | 1479742                                             | 823330                                              | 4726                                                | 651686                                              | 221798                                              |
| 06 - HARYANA                                        | 2969509                                             | 1779954                                             | 6519                                                | 1183036                                             | 185907                                              |
| 07 - NCT OF DELHI                                   | 1051097                                             | 881667                                              | 1127                                                | 168303                                              | 78559                                               |
| 08 - RAJASTHAN                                      | 10223073                                            | 4069999                                             | 72091                                               | 6080983                                             | 915771                                              |
| 09 - UTTAR PRADESH                                  | 26015592                                            | 12466832                                            | 68190                                               | 13480570                                            | 3099215                                             |
| 10 - BIHAR                                          | 17829066                                            | 4793001                                             | 37657                                               | 12998408                                            | 2122354                                             |
| 11 - SIKKIM                                         | 88723                                               | 39442                                               | 235                                                 | 49046                                               | 15566                                               |
| 12 - ARUNACHAL PRADESH                              | 201842                                              | 118987                                              | 3559                                                | 79296                                               | 6359                                                |
| 13 - NAGALAND                                       | 284310                                              | 97323                                               | 969                                                 | 186018                                              | 3577                                                |
| 14 - MANIPUR                                        | 448163                                              | 147003                                              | 4963                                                | 296197                                              | 59544                                               |
| 15 - MIZORAM                                        | 111626                                              | 44437                                               | 512                                                 | 66677                                               | 178                                                 |
| 16 - TRIPURA                                        | 697062                                              | 165435                                              | 33343                                               | 498284                                              | 96826                                               |
| 17 - MEGHALAYA                                      | 485897                                              | 151711                                              | 1224                                                | 332962                                              | 5456                                                |
| 18 - ASSAM                                          | 5743835                                             | 1689138                                             | 33451                                               | 4021246                                             | 1128387                                             |
| 19 - WEST BENGAL                                    | 15756750                                            | 3302481                                             | 203209                                              | 12251060                                            | 2194794                                             |
| 20 - JHARKHAND                                      | 5044234                                             | 1566811                                             | 52045                                               | 3425378                                             | 731317                                              |
| 21 - ODISHA                                         | 8677615                                             | 1628400                                             | 119772                                              | 6929443                                             | 1199071                                             |
| 22 - CHHATTISGARH                                   | 4540999                                             | 819609                                              | 112084                                              | 3609306                                             | 429979                                              |
| 23 - MADHYA PRADESH                                 | 11288946                                            | 3301696                                             | 396787                                              | 7590463                                             | 842437                                              |
| 24 - GUJARAT                                        | 6920473                                             | 3236193                                             | 31216                                               | 3653064                                             | 685092                                              |
| 25 - DAMAN AND DIU                                  | 31795                                               | 16707                                               | 3519                                                | 11569                                               | 5256                                                |
| 26 - DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI                            | 45352                                               | 15780                                               | 298                                                 | 29274                                               | 3896                                                |
| 27 - MAHARASHTRA                                    | 13841960                                            | 5440356                                             | 227678                                              | 8173926                                             | 2109769                                             |
| 28 - ANDHRA PRADESH                                 | 9344180                                             | 3595077                                             | 59470                                               | 5689633                                             | 867529                                              |
| 28 - TELANGANA                                      | 5643739                                             | 3143322                                             | 13543                                               | 2486874                                             | 350715                                              |
| 29 - KARNATAKA                                      | 8048664                                             | 4022702                                             | 30074                                               | 3995888                                             | 1159349                                             |
| 30 - GOA                                            | 220731                                              | 185010                                              | 135                                                 | 35586                                               | 11770                                               |
| 31 - LAKSHADWEEP                                    | 10929                                               | 9410                                                | 13                                                  | 1506                                                | 51                                                  |
| 32 - KERALA                                         | 6319215                                             | 4388457                                             | 14289                                               | 1916469                                             | 447302                                              |
| 33 - TAMILNADU                                      | 10088119                                            | 4657981                                             | 38549                                               | 5391589                                             | 686650                                              |
| 34 - PUDUCHERRY                                     | 115249                                              | 65854                                               | 311                                                 | 49084                                               | 8748                                                |
| 35 - ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS                      | 68481                                               | 39354                                               | 168                                                 | 28959                                               | 12983                                               |
| Total 179787454 70754003 1595469 107437982 20134034 | Total 179787454 70754003 1595469 107437982 20134034 | Total 179787454 70754003 1595469 107437982 20134034 | Total 179787454 70754003 1595469 107437982 20134034 | Total 179787454 70754003 1595469 107437982 20134034 | Total 179787454 70754003 1595469 107437982 20134034 |

Annexure-II

## No. of Rural BPL families identified by the States/UTs under BPL Census, 2002

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | No. of BPL families identified (in lakhs)   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 29.893                                      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.830                                       |
| 3         | Assam             | 18.728                                      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 113.410                                     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 17.892                                      |
| 6         | Delhi             | RD Programmes are not implemented           |
| 7         | Goa               | 0.071                                       |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 14.512                                      |
| 9         | Haryana           | 8.583                                       |
| 10        | H.P.              | 2.823                                       |
| 11        | J & K             | 6.179                                       |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 25.480                                      |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 18.306**                                    |
| 14        | Kerala            | Not Available                               |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 54.684**                                    |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 45.023**                                    |
| 17        | Manipur           | 1.693                                       |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 2.052                                       |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 0.395**                                     |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 1.558                                       |
| 21        | Orissa            | Not Available                               |
| 22        | Punjab            | 3.445                                       |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 17.362                                      |
| 24        | Sikkim            | Not Available                               |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 34.848                                      |
| 26        | Tripura           | Not Available                               |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 100.271                                     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 6.211**                                     |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 68.005**                                    |
| 30        | A&NIsland*        | 0.107                                       |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | RD Programmes are not implemented           |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        | 0.160                                       |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        | 0.005                                       |
| 34        | Lakshadweep       | Not Available                               |
| 35        | Puducherry        | Not Available                               |
| Total     | Total             | 592.526                                     |