Lok Sabha Question No. 2535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .2535 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.1 2.2016

## SOCIO ECONOMIC AND CASTE CENSUS 2011

## 2535. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  the  final  report  of  the  SocioEconomic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the reports that 31% of the rural popula ion is poor and unable to meet basic necessities such as two times food for their fam
- (c) whether the conditions of the rural people engaged in farming are very critica
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Governm ent thereon?

## 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 C Census (SECC) 2011 in the country to identify beneficiaries household with specific socio -economic  characteristics  across  the  country  to  determine  eligibilities  and  entitl different Central Government Schemes.  The process of the SECC 2011 has been conclu by the Ministry of Rural Development in March, 2016. The finding of the census of rural area is in public domain ( www.secc.gov.in ).Ranking of Households is made through a three -step process involving 13(thirteen) Automatic Exclusion parameters for identifying - poor households,  5  (five)  Automatic  Inclusion parameters  for  identifying  poorest  of  the  poor households and 7 (seven) Deprivation Criteria for identifying poor households.  SEC data  captures  respondent  based  disclosures  on  socio  economic  status  of 17.97  crore  rural households which has allowed automatic exclusion of 07.07 crore (39.36 %) of households as not poor on the basis of 13 parameters, automatic inclusion of 0.16 crore (0.91 %) h as poorest of the poor on the basis of 5 parameters an d grading of deprivation of 8.72 crore (48.54%) of rural households on the basis of seven criteria.

(c) : Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 captures respondent based information where 5.40 crore households reported cultivation as their main source of income. 50.16% of such households  reported  on  parameters  that  categorises  households  as  not  poor,  0. households reported on parameters of Automatic Inclusion that identified poorest of and 30.7% reported facing deprivation.

(d) : The Department of  Rural Development, inter alia, is implementing Mahatma Gand National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY - NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay -Gramin Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU - GKY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana -Gramin  (PMAY - G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in r of  the  country  through  empl oyment  generation,  skilling  of  youths,  provision  of  soc assistance and other basic amenities.

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