Lok Sabha Question No. 4685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Sustainable Employment to Scheduled Caste Population in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4685

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.1 2.2016

## SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT TO SCHEDULED CASTE POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS

## 4685. SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  is  aware  that  a  large  share  of  Scheduled  Ca population in rural areas of the country still depends on manual casual labour livelihood;
- (b) if so , the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Union Government to provide sustainable employment to manual casual labourers including SC labourers during the last two years inc the current year and the outcome thereof; and
- (d) the  numbe r  of  persons  belonging  to  SC  community  deriving  their  livelihood  f agriculture farming State/UT - wise including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?

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

(a) & (b):The Ministry of Rural Development launched the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 in the country to identify beneficiaries household with specifi -economic  characteristics  across  the  country  to  determine  eligibilities  and  entitl di fferent Central Government Schemes. The process of the SECC 2011 has been conclud by the Ministry of Rural Development in March, 2016. Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011  captures  respondent  based  information  wherein 9.20 crore  households  out  of  17.97 crore households in SECC 2011 have reported as households deriving major part of income from manual casual labour for their livelihood, of which 2,23,08,739 households are from the SC households.

(c)  &  (d):  For  betterment  of  rural  livelihoods  and overall  development  of  rural  areas including  persons  belonging  to  SC  community,  t he  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is implementing, through State Governments/UT Administrations, major programmes, namel Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Ac t  (MGNREGA)  for  wage employment,Deendayal Antodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) for self - employment  through  livelihoods  promotion,  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana -Gramin (PMAY - G)  for  rural  housing,  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMG SY)  for  rural connectivity and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) for social assistance t poor. The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  using  the  SECC  data  for  selection beneficiaries under its programmes.  As per the Socio Economic and Cas te Census 2011, 6089826 nos. of households belonging to the SC community have reported deriving t livelihood from cultivation. Statement showing State/UT -wise details is given in Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4685 to be answered on 15.12.2016.

## Statement showing States/UTs wise details of the number of SC households deriving their livelihood from cultivation

| Name of States/ UTs           |   Total Households |   Total SC Households |   No. of Households with income source from cultivation | % of Households with income sourcefrom cultivation .w r. t.total households   |
|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 01 -JAMMU & KASHMIR           |            1601606 |                156382 |                                                   36971 | 2.31%                                                                         |
| 02 -HIMACHAL PRADESH          |            1263756 |                302876 |                                                  113917 | 9.01%                                                                         |
| 03 -PUNJAB                    |            3269467 |               1201439 |                                                   52840 | 1.62%                                                                         |
| 06 -HARYANA                   |            2969509 |                679711 |                                                   37911 | 1.28%                                                                         |
| 10 -BIHAR                     |           17829066 |               3019662 |                                                  197404 | 1.11%                                                                         |
| 19 -WEST BENGAL               |           15756750 |               4483422 |                                                  736432 | 4.67%                                                                         |
| 20 -JHARKHAND                 |            5044234 |                653283 |                                                  101877 | 2.02%                                                                         |
| 21 -ODISHA                    |            8677615 |               1564447 |                                                  208951 | 2.41%                                                                         |
| 08 -RAJASTHAN                 |           10223073 |               1891287 |                                                  511491 | 5.00%                                                                         |
| 24 -GUJARAT                   |            6920473 |                433033 |                                                   72812 | 1.05%                                                                         |
| 27 -MAHARASHTRA               |           13841960 |               1707321 |                                                  286730 | 2.07%                                                                         |
| 30 -GOA                       |             220731 |                  3498 |                                                      42 | 0.02%                                                                         |
| 28 -ANDHRA PRADESH            |            9344180 |               1734814 |                                                  260368 | 2.79%                                                                         |
| 29 -KARNATAKA                 |            8048664 |               1453377 |                                                  471601 | 5.86%                                                                         |
| 32 -KERALA                    |            6319215 |                652437 |                                                   23572 | 0.37%                                                                         |
| 33 -TAMILNADU                 |           10088119 |               2577454 |                                                  237351 | 2.35%                                                                         |
| 28 -TELANGANA                 |            5643739 |               1017057 |                                                  201276 | 3.57%                                                                         |
| 05 -UTTARAKHAND               |            1479742 |                277997 |                                                   91614 | 6.19%                                                                         |
| 09 -UTTAR PRADESH             |           26015592 |               6191757 |                                                 1822895 | 7.01%                                                                         |
| 22 -CHHATTISGARH              |            4540999 |                628378 |                                                  150615 | 3.32%                                                                         |
| 23 -MADHYA PRADESH            |           11288946 |               1716409 |                                                  320526 | 2.84%                                                                         |
| 11 -SIKKIM                    |              88723 |                  4884 |                                                    1594 | 1.80%                                                                         |
| 12 -ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |             201842 |                    38 |                                                      13 | 0.01%                                                                         |
| 13 -NAGALAND                  |             284310 |                   105 |                                                      28 | 0.01%                                                                         |
| 14 -MANIPUR                   |             448163 |                 11165 |                                                    4095 | 0.91%                                                                         |
| 15 -MIZORAM                   |             111626 |                   478 |                                                     314 | 0.28%                                                                         |
| 16 -TRIPURA                   |             697062 |                126257 |                                                   18735 | 2.69%                                                                         |
| 17 -MEGHALAYA                 |             485897 |                  5053 |                                                     307 | 0.06%                                                                         |
| 18 -ASSAM                     |            5743835 |                499623 |                                                  116336 | 2.03%                                                                         |
| 04 -CHANDIGARH                |              15657 |                  2915 |                                                      21 | 0.13%                                                                         |
| 07 -NCT OF DELHI              |            1051097 |                138478 |                                                    4705 | 0.45%                                                                         |
| 25 -DAMAN AND DIU             |              31795 |                   850 |                                                      11 | 0.03%                                                                         |
| 26 -DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      |              45352 |                   732 |                                                     115 | 0.25%                                                                         |
| 31 -LAKSHADWEEP               |              10929 |                     0 |                                                       0 | 0.00%                                                                         |
| 34 -PUDUCHERRY                |             115249 |                 27466 |                                                    6356 | 5.52%                                                                         |
| 35 -ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |              68481 |                     0 |                                                       0 | 0.00%                                                                         |
| All India (Total)             |          179787454 |              33164085 |                                                 6089826 | 3.39%                                                                         |