Lok Sabha Question No. 1602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: BPL Families
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1602

ANSWERED ON 20/09/2020

## BPL FAMILIES

## 1602.   KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the country, especially in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  ensured  that  they  have  BPL  card  and  are  getting  the facilities provided by the Government;
- (c) if  not,  the  number  of  families  which  are  not  getting  BPL  Card  facility  and  the  reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  some  families,  which  are  not  eligible,  are  also largely included in the list of BPL families and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the criteria for identifying BPL families; and
- (f) whether the Government has any plan for resurvey of BPL families in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e)  While  the  estimation  of  poverty  using  poverty  line  had  been  done  by  the  erstwhile Planning  Commission  (now  NITI  Ayog),  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.

After 2002 BPL Survey, recognizing the multi-dimensional nature of poverty, 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.  SECC-2011  provides  data  of households on various aspects of their socio-economic status viz., housing, landholding/landlessness,  educational  status,  status  of  women,  the  differently  abled,  occupation, possession  of  assets,  scheduled  caste/  scheduled  tribe  (SC/ST)  households,  income,  etc.  The beneficiaries under several schemes of Government of India as well as many state governments are selected based on the (i) 'automatically excluded households', (ii) 'automatically included households'  and  (iii)  'deprived  households'  data  of  SECC-2011.The  State/Union  Territorywise numbers of rural households in the said three categories are given at Annexure-1 .

- (f) There is no plan for resurvey of BPL families.

Annexure-I Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 1602 to be answered on 20.09.2020

| 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 |
| MADHYAPRADESH            |           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 |