Lok Sabha Question No. 3179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: BPL Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3179

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  21 ST  MARCH, 2017

## BPL FARMERS

3179.   SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to evaluate the number of farmers living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  welfare  schemes  being  implemented  for  the  farmers  and  the number of beneficiaries thereunder during the last three years, scheme and State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI  S.S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a) & (b): Government carries out large sample surveys through NSSO for periodical estimation  of  poverty  lines  for  the  rural  population.  On  the  basis  of  it,  the  erstwhile Planning Commission Expert Group on estimation of poverty put the numbers at 354.68 million  people  in  2009-10  which  declined  to  269.30  million  in  2011-12.  The  details  of state wise people below poverty line are annexed. The estimates on number of farmers living Below Poverty Line are not available.
- (c): The  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  for  the  welfare  of  farmers. Major schemes and the number of beneficiaries are as follows:
- (i) Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana:  During  Kharif  2016,  366.64  lakh  farmers have  been  covered  out  of  which  264.04  lakh  farmers  were  loanee  and  102.60  lakh farmers were non-loanee. The scheme has been implemented by 21 states.
- (ii) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana : Under it 14.3 lakh hectare area have been covered under drip and sprinkler irrigation system in the country.

(iii) Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas    Yojana  :  Till  December,  2016  State  Governments have made 9186 clusters while in 2015-16 it was 8000 clusters.

(iv) Soil  Health  Card  &  Neem  Coated  Urea:  As  on  27.12.2016,  2.33  crore  soil samples  have  been  collected  from  which  12.82  crore  soil  health  cards  have  been issued.

(v) National  Agricultural  Market  (e-NAM):  Under  this  scheme  250  mandis  of  10 states have been integrated with e-NAM Portal.

(vi) Rashtriya Gokul Mission: Under this scheme upto December, 2015, 35 projects from 27 states with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 582.09 crore has been approved.

Annexure

## No. of Population Below Poverty Line by States -2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

(in Lakhs)

| Sr. No.   | States               | No. of persons   |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 78.78            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 4.91             |
| 3         | Assam                | 101.27           |
| 4         | Bihar                | 358.15           |
| 5         | Chattisgarh          | 104.11           |
| 6         | Delhi                | 16.96            |
| 7         | Goa                  | 0.75             |
| 8         | Gujarat              | 102.23           |
| 9         | Haryana              | 28.83            |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | 5.59             |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 13.27            |
| 12        | Jharkhand            | 124.33           |
| 13        | Karnataka            | 129.76           |
| 14        | Kerala               | 23.95            |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 234.06           |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 197.92           |
| 17        | Manipur              | 10.22            |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | 3.61             |
| 19        | Mizoram              | 2.27             |
| 20        | Nagaland             | 3.76             |
| 21        | Odisha               | 138.53           |
| 22        | Punjab               | 23.18            |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 102.92           |
| 24        | Sikkam               | 0.51             |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           | 82.63            |
| 26        | Tripura              | 5.24             |
| 27        | Uttaranchal          | 11.60            |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        | 598.19           |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 184.98           |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar    | 1.24             |
| 31        | Chandigarh           | 0.04             |
| 32        | Dadra & Nager Haveli | 2.35             |
| 33        | Daman & Diu          | 1.43             |
| 34        | Lakshadweep          | 0.26             |
| 35        | Puducherry           | 0.02             |
|           | All India            | 2,697.83         |

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