Lok Sabha Question No. 137 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: BPL Families
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 137

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2020

## BPL FAMILIES

## *137.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  families  in  the  rural  areas  of  the  country  which  have  shifted  from Below Poverty Line (BPL) category to Above Poverty Line (APL) category and from APL  category  to  BPL  category  during  the  last  three  years  including  the  reasons therefor, State and district-wise particularly in Bihar;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any survey in this regard; and
- (c) if so, the outcome thereof?

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

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO PART (a)  TO  (c) OF  THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *137 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2020

(a)  to  (c):  The  erstwhile  Planning  Commission  (now  NITI  Aayog)  defined  and  estimated poverty line using monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) data from the Large Sample  Survey  on  Household  Consumer  Expenditure  carried  out  by  the  National  Sample Survey  Office  (NSSO).  The  latest  available  poverty line was  estimated  in 2011-12. Thereafter, no BPL estimation has been done in a centralized manner.

While the estimation of poverty using poverty line had been done by the erstwhile Planning Commission, the Ministry of Rural Development had been conducting Below Poverty Line (BPL) Census to identify the poor households in the rural areas, who could be the potential beneficiaries under various programmes of the Government of India. 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 in association with the States/UTs under technical and financial support from the Government of India.

After  2002  BPL Survey,  recognizing  the  multi-dimensional  nature  of  poverty,  SECC-2011 was  conducted  by  the  Government.  SECC-2011  provides  data  of  households  on  various aspects  of  their  socio-economic  status  viz.,  housing,  land-holding/landlessness,  educational status,  status  of  women,  the  differently  abled,  occupation,  possession  of  assets,  scheduled caste/ scheduled tribe (SC/ST) households, income, etc. The purpose of SECC, 2011 was to identify rural poor households, not on the basis of any pre-defined poverty line, but on the basis of three criteria based categories: (i) automatically excluded households, (ii) automatically included households and (iii) deprived households. The State/Union Territorywise numbers of rural households in the said three categories are given at Annexure-1. The district-wise information of Bihar on numbers of rural households in the said three categories is given at Annexure- 2 . Beneficiary selection under various programmes of Government of India has been made  using the 'automatically included households' and 'deprived households' data of SECC-2011 as the basis.

Annexure-1

| Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   |
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| States/UTs                                                                                     | Total Households                                                                               | Automatically Excluded Households                                                              | Automatically Included Households                                                              | Deprived Households                                                                            |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR                                                                                 | 1601606                                                                                        | 761875                                                                                         | 13791                                                                                          | 586345                                                                                         |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                               | 1263756                                                                                        | 840852                                                                                         | 1938                                                                                           | 259855                                                                                         |
| PUNJAB                                                                                         | 3269467                                                                                        | 2438567                                                                                        | 8004                                                                                           | 778245                                                                                         |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                     | 15657                                                                                          | 9250                                                                                           | 10                                                                                             | 3925                                                                                           |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                    | 1479742                                                                                        | 823330                                                                                         | 4726                                                                                           | 429888                                                                                         |
| HARYANA                                                                                        | 2969509                                                                                        | 1779954                                                                                        | 6519                                                                                           | 997129                                                                                         |
| NCT OF DELHI                                                                                   | 1051097                                                                                        | 881667                                                                                         | 1127                                                                                           | 89744                                                                                          |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                      | 10223073                                                                                       | 4069999                                                                                        | 72091                                                                                          | 5165212                                                                                        |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                  | 26015592                                                                                       | 12466832                                                                                       | 68190                                                                                          | 10381355                                                                                       |
| BIHAR                                                                                          | 17829066                                                                                       | 4793001                                                                                        | 37657                                                                                          | 10876054                                                                                       |
| SIKKIM                                                                                         | 88723                                                                                          | 39442                                                                                          | 235                                                                                            | 33480                                                                                          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                              | 201842                                                                                         | 118987                                                                                         | 3559                                                                                           | 72937                                                                                          |
| NAGALAND                                                                                       | 284310                                                                                         | 97323                                                                                          | 969                                                                                            | 182441                                                                                         |
| MANIPUR                                                                                        | 448163                                                                                         | 147003                                                                                         | 4963                                                                                           | 236653                                                                                         |
| MIZORAM                                                                                        | 111626                                                                                         | 44437                                                                                          | 512                                                                                            | 66499                                                                                          |
| TRIPURA                                                                                        | 697062                                                                                         | 165435                                                                                         | 33343                                                                                          | 401458                                                                                         |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                      | 485897                                                                                         | 151711                                                                                         | 1224                                                                                           | 327506                                                                                         |
| ASSAM                                                                                          | 5743835                                                                                        | 1689138                                                                                        | 33451                                                                                          | 2892859                                                                                        |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                    | 15756750                                                                                       | 3302481                                                                                        | 203209                                                                                         | 10056266                                                                                       |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                      | 5044234                                                                                        | 1566811                                                                                        | 52045                                                                                          | 2694061                                                                                        |
| ODISHA                                                                                         | 8677615                                                                                        | 1628400                                                                                        | 119772                                                                                         | 5730372                                                                                        |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                   | 4540999                                                                                        | 819609                                                                                         | 112084                                                                                         | 3179327                                                                                        |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                 | 11288946                                                                                       | 3301696                                                                                        | 396787                                                                                         | 6748026                                                                                        |
| GUJARAT                                                                                        | 6920473                                                                                        | 3236193                                                                                        | 31216                                                                                          | 2967972                                                                                        |
| DAMAN AND DIU                                                                                  | 31795                                                                                          | 16707                                                                                          | 3519                                                                                           | 6313                                                                                           |
| DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI                                                                            | 45352                                                                                          | 15780                                                                                          | 298                                                                                            | 25378                                                                                          |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                    | 13841960                                                                                       | 5440356                                                                                        | 227678                                                                                         | 6064157                                                                                        |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                 | 9344180                                                                                        | 3595077                                                                                        | 59470                                                                                          | 4822104                                                                                        |
| TELANGANA                                                                                      | 5643739                                                                                        | 3143322                                                                                        | 13543                                                                                          | 2136159                                                                                        |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                      | 8048664                                                                                        | 4022702                                                                                        | 30074                                                                                          | 2836539                                                                                        |
| GOA                                                                                            | 220731                                                                                         | 185010                                                                                         | 135                                                                                            | 23816                                                                                          |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                    | 10929                                                                                          | 9410                                                                                           | 13                                                                                             | 1455                                                                                           |
| KERALA                                                                                         | 6319215                                                                                        | 4388457                                                                                        | 14289                                                                                          | 1469167                                                                                        |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                      | 10088119                                                                                       | 4657981                                                                                        | 38549                                                                                          | 4704939                                                                                        |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                     | 115249                                                                                         | 65854                                                                                          | 311                                                                                            | 40336                                                                                          |
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                                       | 68481                                                                                          | 39354                                                                                          | 168                                                                                            | 15976                                                                                          |
| Total                                                                                          | 179787454                                                                                      | 70754003                                                                                       | 1595469                                                                                        | 87303948                                                                                       |

Annexure-2

| Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   | Referred in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha starred question no. *137 due for answer on 11.02.2020   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Districts                                                                                      | Total Households                                                                               | Automatically Excluded Households                                                              | Automatically Included Households                                                              | Deprived Households                                                                            |
| BIHAR TOTAL                                                                                    | 17829066                                                                                       | 4793001                                                                                        | 37657                                                                                          | 10876054                                                                                       |
| PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN                                                                             | 681326                                                                                         | 202058                                                                                         | 1318                                                                                           | 417271                                                                                         |
| PURBA CHAMPARAN                                                                                | 917790                                                                                         | 261621                                                                                         | 1594                                                                                           | 555062                                                                                         |
| SHEOHAR                                                                                        | 149211                                                                                         | 31889                                                                                          | 302                                                                                            | 101770                                                                                         |
| SITAMARHI                                                                                      | 725723                                                                                         | 154009                                                                                         | 1725                                                                                           | 494537                                                                                         |
| MADHUBANI                                                                                      | 886810                                                                                         | 212790                                                                                         | 1424                                                                                           | 526826                                                                                         |
| SUPAUL                                                                                         | 455280                                                                                         | 101695                                                                                         | 829                                                                                            | 285483                                                                                         |
| ARARIA                                                                                         | 595834                                                                                         | 109761                                                                                         | 1279                                                                                           | 412196                                                                                         |
| KISHANGANJ                                                                                     | 308989                                                                                         | 59852                                                                                          | 1548                                                                                           | 219600                                                                                         |
| PURNIA                                                                                         | 591936                                                                                         | 116845                                                                                         | 1279                                                                                           | 414772                                                                                         |
| KATIHAR                                                                                        | 582089                                                                                         | 112093                                                                                         | 1986                                                                                           | 423806                                                                                         |
| MADHEPURA                                                                                      | 402414                                                                                         | 78014                                                                                          | 469                                                                                            | 271333                                                                                         |
| SAHARSA                                                                                        | 351154                                                                                         | 66915                                                                                          | 471                                                                                            | 246131                                                                                         |
| DARBHANGA                                                                                      | 817164                                                                                         | 132833                                                                                         | 3356                                                                                           | 600454                                                                                         |
| MUZAFFARPUR                                                                                    | 876341                                                                                         | 219536                                                                                         | 1483                                                                                           | 537640                                                                                         |
| GOPALGANJ                                                                                      | 389899                                                                                         | 151238                                                                                         | 548                                                                                            | 164731                                                                                         |
| SIWAN                                                                                          | 519048                                                                                         | 190170                                                                                         | 1034                                                                                           | 217430                                                                                         |
| SARAN                                                                                          | 577746                                                                                         | 192791                                                                                         | 697                                                                                            | 271749                                                                                         |
| VAISHALI                                                                                       | 629950                                                                                         | 138689                                                                                         | 683                                                                                            | 418737                                                                                         |
| SAMASTIPUR                                                                                     | 831029                                                                                         | 158006                                                                                         | 1313                                                                                           | 556640                                                                                         |
| BEGUSARAI                                                                                      | 491437                                                                                         | 97184                                                                                          | 793                                                                                            | 349949                                                                                         |
| KHAGARIA                                                                                       | 347924                                                                                         | 66844                                                                                          | 518                                                                                            | 254782                                                                                         |
| BHAGALPUR                                                                                      | 468355                                                                                         | 137748                                                                                         | 579                                                                                            | 286513                                                                                         |
| BANKA                                                                                          | 384455                                                                                         | 88951                                                                                          | 789                                                                                            | 232655                                                                                         |
| MUNGER                                                                                         | 201233                                                                                         | 45974                                                                                          | 629                                                                                            | 137422                                                                                         |
| LAKHISARAI                                                                                     | 141284                                                                                         | 49094                                                                                          | 103                                                                                            | 77547                                                                                          |
| SHEIKHPURA                                                                                     | 91847                                                                                          | 31828                                                                                          | 143                                                                                            | 50901                                                                                          |
| NALANDA                                                                                        | 462838                                                                                         | 180079                                                                                         | 709                                                                                            | 239605                                                                                         |
| PATNA                                                                                          | 690850                                                                                         | 238934                                                                                         | 4000                                                                                           | 392577                                                                                         |
| BHOJPUR                                                                                        | 419641                                                                                         | 159811                                                                                         | 1460                                                                                           | 215250                                                                                         |
| BUXAR                                                                                          | 238210                                                                                         | 111743                                                                                         | 244                                                                                            | 103640                                                                                         |
| KAIMUR BHABUA                                                                                  | 241516                                                                                         | 96980                                                                                          | 462                                                                                            | 123911                                                                                         |
| ROHTAS                                                                                         | 409854                                                                                         | 161385                                                                                         | 911                                                                                            | 206183                                                                                         |
| AURANGABAD                                                                                     | 366898                                                                                         | 125330                                                                                         | 669                                                                                            | 194895                                                                                         |
| GAYA                                                                                           | 659015                                                                                         | 208228                                                                                         | 1083                                                                                           | 370121                                                                                         |
| NAWADA                                                                                         | 349738                                                                                         | 118015                                                                                         | 303                                                                                            | 191074                                                                                         |
| JAMUI                                                                                          | 292670                                                                                         | 83502                                                                                          | 512                                                                                            | 164863                                                                                         |
| JEHANABAD                                                                                      | 164924                                                                                         | 61987                                                                                          | 233                                                                                            | 85049                                                                                          |
| ARWAL                                                                                          | 116644                                                                                         | 38579                                                                                          | 179                                                                                            | 62949                                                                                          |