Lok Sabha Question No. 134 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Below Poverty Line Beneficiaries
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.134 TO BE ANSWERRED ON 09.03.2017

## BELOW POVERTY LINE BENEFICIARIES

## *134   SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons living  below poverty line in the country as per th Economic and Caste Census 2011, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the said census or list is being utilized for identifying the be under various poverty alleviation programmes; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- ( a) to (c): A Statement is laid on t he Table of the House.

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.134  due  for answer on 9 th March 2017.

(a) : The Ministry of Rural Development conducted a combined Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) in 2011 to  rank  households across the country for both ru urban  areas  on  identified  socio - economic  parameters. SECC  2011  provides  data  on households re garding various aspects of their socio - economic status -viz. housing, land -holding/landlessness, educational status, status of women, differently abled, oc possession  of  assets,  SC/ST  households,  incomes,  etc. SECC  2011  data  captures respondent based disclosures on socio economic status of 17.97 crore rural households which has allowed automatic exclusion of 07.07 crore (39.34 %) of households as not poor on the basis of 13 parameters, automatic inclusion of 0.16 crore (0.89%) hou as poore st of the poor on the basis of 5 parameters and grading of deprivation crore (48.41%) of rural households on the basis of seven parameters. Statement in State/UT - wise details of households showing Automatic Exclusion, Automatic Inclusi and Deprivation is given at Annexure. No BPL list is prepared now.

( b) & (c):  SECC - 2011 captures the socio -economic aspects of households and multi -dimensionality of poverty of households. Programme specific priority list of bene is  generated,  throu gh  the  granular  details  available  in  the  SECC  2011,  for  meet programmes/schemes  objectives.    SECC - 2011  data  is  being  used  for  selecting beneficiaries  in  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana - Gramin  (PMAY - G),  Deen  Dayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelih ood Mission(DAY- NRLM), Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala  Yojana(PMUY)  of  the  Ministry  of  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas,  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti of the Ministry of Power, etc.

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## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No -134 due for answer on 09.03.2017

| States/UTs.                   |   Total Households |   Automatic Exclusion |   Automatic Inclusion |   Considered Deprivation |   for 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 |