Lok Sabha Question No. 1553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Census of People Living Below Poverty Line
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1553 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2018

## CENSUS OF PEOPLE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

## 1553.   SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  date  on  which  the  last  census  of  people  living  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  was conducted at National and State level especially in Jharkhand;
- (b) the outcome of the said census conducted at National and State level;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to conduct census of such people again;
- (d) if so, the time by which it is likely to be done; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) : The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  provides  financial  and  technical  support  to  the States/UTs for conducting census to identify the deprivation and poverty of households in the rural areas who could be targeted under its programmes. The last BPL Census for the Tenth Five Year Plan period was conducted in 2002. In place of BPL Census, the Government of India launched a combined Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) in 2011 to generate a large number of social and economic indicators for ranking of households across the country for both rural and urban areas which involved the Ministry of Rural Development, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation  and  the  Office  of  the  Registrar  General  and  Census  Commissioner.  The  issue  of identification  of  beneficiary  households  under  various  schemes  in  rural  and  urban  areas  comes under the purview of Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) respectively. The subject matter of Caste Census comes under the purview of Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.
- (b) : State-wise  number  of  rural  BPL  families  as  per  the  last  BPL  census  conducted  in  2002, including in the state of Jharkhand is given at Annexure .
- (c) to (e): The  Socio  Economic  and  Caste  Census,  2011  data  are  now  being  used  by  the Ministry of Rural Development and other Ministries for identification of beneficiaries under various schemes/programmes  and  there  is  no  proposal  in  the  Ministry  at  present  to  conduct  the  census again.

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Annexure

## No. of Rural BPL families identified by the States/UTs under BPL Census, 2002

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | No. of BPL families identified (in lakhs)   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 29.893                                      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.830                                       |
| 3         | Assam             | 18.728                                      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 113.410                                     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 17.892                                      |
| 6         | Delhi             | RD Programmes are not implemented           |
| 7         | Goa               | 0.071                                       |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 14.512                                      |
| 9         | Haryana           | 8.583                                       |
| 10        | H.P.              | 2.823                                       |
| 11        | J&K               | 6.179                                       |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 25.480                                      |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 18.306**                                    |
| 14        | Kerala            | Not Available                               |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 54.684**                                    |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 45.023**                                    |
| 17        | Manipur           | 1.693                                       |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 2.052                                       |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 0.395**                                     |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 1.558                                       |
| 21        | Orissa            | Not Available                               |
| 22        | Punjab            | 3.445                                       |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 17.362                                      |
| 24        | Sikkim            | Not Available                               |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 34.848                                      |
| 26        | Tripura           | Not Available                               |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 100.271                                     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 6.211**                                     |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 68.005**                                    |
| 30        | A &NIsland*       | 0.107                                       |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | RD Programmes are not implemented           |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        | 0.160                                       |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        | 0.005                                       |
| 34        | Lakshadweep       | Not Available                               |
| 35        | Puducherry        | Not Available                               |
| Total     | Total             | 592.526                                     |