Lok Sabha Question No. 3785 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Facilities to People living BPL
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3785

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## FACILITIES TO PEOPLE LIVING BPL

## 3785.   SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the definition of poverty line;
- (b) the total population of Below Poverty Line (BPL) in 2001 and at present, State-wise;
- (c) the facilities given to those living BPL by the Union and the State Governments; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Union Government to improve the situation of the said people?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b): The  erstwhile  Planning  Commission  estimated  poverty  on  the  basis  of  Large Sample  Surveys  on  Households  Consumer  Expenditure  carried  out  by  the  National  Sample Survey Office (NSSO) as criteria for defining poverty line that separates poor from the not poor. The official poverty estimates are based on recommendations made by the experts from time to time. Statement showing Rural BPL families identified by the States/UTs under the BPL Census 2002 is given in Annexure - I.  The Tendulkar Committee, which submitted its report in 2009, recommended Monthly Per Capital Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) of Rs. 447 of rural areas as  the  poverty  line  at  2004-05  prices.    The  poverty  line  varied  from  State  to  State  because  of price  differentials.  All  India  Rural  Poverty  headcount  ratio  for  2004-05  estimated  as  41.8%. Number and percentage of population below poverty line by the States in 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology) is given at Annexure - II.

(c)& (d): The Ministry of Rural Development, inter alia, is implementing Mahatma Gandhi 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  rural  areas,  including  BPL person,  through  employment  generation,  strengthening  of  livelihood  opportunities,  promoting self-employment,  skilling  of  rural  youths,  provision  of  social  assistance  and  other  basic amenities.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3785 due for answer on 03.01.2019

## 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             | 592.526                                     |

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3785 due for answer on 03.01.2019

## Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line By States - 2011-12

## (Tendulkar Methodology)

Notes:  1. Population as on 1 st March 2012 has been used for estimating number of persons below poverty line.(2011 Census population extrapolated)

|        |                     | Rural           | Rural                  | Urban           | Urban                  | Total           | Total                  |
|--------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| S. No. | States              | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      | 10.96           | 61.80                  | 5.81            | 16.98                  | 9.20            | 78.78                  |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh   | 38.93           | 4.25                   | 20.33           | 0.66                   | 34.67           | 4.91                   |
| 3      | Assam               | 33.89           | 92.06                  | 20.49           | 9.21                   | 31.98           | 101.27                 |
| 4      | Bihar               | 34.06           | 320.40                 | 31.23           | 37.75                  | 33.74           | 358.15                 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh        | 44.61           | 88.90                  | 24.75           | 15.22                  | 39.93           | 104.11                 |
| 6      | Delhi               | 12.92           | 0.50                   | 9.84            | 16.46                  | 9.91            | 16.96                  |
| 7      | Goa                 | 6.81            | 0.37                   | 4.09            | 0.38                   | 5.09            | 0.75                   |
| 8      | Gujarat             | 21.54           | 75.35                  | 10.14           | 26.88                  | 16.63           | 102.23                 |
| 9      | Haryana             | 11.64           | 19.42                  | 10.28           | 9.41                   | 11.16           | 28.83                  |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh    | 8.48            | 5.29                   | 4.33            | 0.30                   | 8.06            | 5.59                   |
| 11     | Jammu &Kashmir      | 11.54           | 10.73                  | 7.20            | 2.53                   | 10.35           | 13.27                  |
| 12     | Jharkhand           | 40.84           | 104.09                 | 24.83           | 20.24                  | 36.96           | 124.33                 |
| 13     | Karnataka           | 24.53           | 92.80                  | 15.25           | 36.96                  | 20.91           | 129.76                 |
| 14     | Kerala              | 9.14            | 15.48                  | 4.97            | 8.46                   | 7.05            | 23.95                  |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh      | 35.74           | 190.95                 | 21.00           | 43.10                  | 31.65           | 234.06                 |
| 16     | Maharashtra         | 24.22           | 150.56                 | 9.12            | 47.36                  | 17.35           | 197.92                 |
| 17     | Manipur             | 38.80           | 7.45                   | 32.59           | 2.78                   | 36.89           | 10.22                  |
| 18     | Meghalaya           | 12.53           | 3.04                   | 9.26            | 0.57                   | 11.87           | 3.61                   |
| 19     | Mizoram             | 35.43           | 1.91                   | 6.36            | 0.37                   | 20.40           | 2.27                   |
| 20     | Nagaland            | 19.93           | 2.76                   | 16.48           | 1.00                   | 18.88           | 3.76                   |
| 21     | Orissa              | 35.69           | 126.14                 | 17.29           | 12.39                  | 32.59           | 138.53                 |
| 22     | Punjab              | 7.66            | 13.35                  | 9.24            | 9.82                   | 8.26            | 23.18                  |
| 23     | Rajasthan           | 16.05           | 84.19                  | 10.69           | 18.73                  | 14.71           | 102.92                 |
| 24     | Sikkim              | 9.85            | 0.45                   | 3.66            | 0.06                   | 8.19            | 0.51                   |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu          | 15.83           | 59.23                  | 6.54            | 23.40                  | 11.28           | 82.63                  |
| 26     | Tripura             | 16.53           | 4.49                   | 7.42            | 0.75                   | 14.05           | 5.24                   |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh       | 30.40           | 479.35                 | 26.06           | 118.84                 | 29.43           | 598.19                 |
| 28     | Uttarakhand         | 11.62           | 8.25                   | 10.48           | 3.35                   | 11.26           | 11.60                  |
| 29     | West Bengal         | 22.52           | 141.14                 | 14.66           | 43.83                  | 19.98           | 184.98                 |
| 30     | Puducherry          | 17.06           | 0.69                   | 6.30            | 0.55                   | 9.69            | 1.24                   |
| 31     | A &NIslands         | 1.57            | 0.04                   | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 1.00            | 0.04                   |
| 32     | Chandigarh          | 1.64            | 0.004                  | 22.31           | 2.34                   | 21.81           | 2.35                   |
| 33     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 62.59           | 1.15                   | 15.38           | 0.28                   | 39.31           | 1.43                   |
| 34     | Daman &Diu          | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 12.62           | 0.26                   | 9.86            | 0.26                   |
| 35     | Lakshadweep         | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 3.44            | 0.02                   | 2.77            | 0.02                   |
|        | All India           | 25.70           | 2166.58                | 13.70           | 531.25                 | 21.92           | 2697.83                |

2. Poverty line of Tamil Nadu has been used for Andaman and Nicobar Island.
3. Urban Poverty Line of Punjab has been used for both rural and urban areas of Chandigarh.
4. Poverty Line of Maharashtra has been used for Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
5. Poverty line of Goa has been used for Daman & Diu.
6. Poverty Line of Kerala has been used for Lakshadweep.