Lok Sabha Question No. 1386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Increase in BPL Families
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1386

ANSWERED ON 20/09/2020

## INCREASE IN BPL FAMILIES

## 1386.   SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  number  of  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  card  holders  has  increased  in  the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the increase in the number of BPL families, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  request  from  the  State  Governments  to increase the number of BPL families; and
- (d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (b)  : 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. The first BPL Census was conducted in 1992, and then in the year 1997 and the last one in 2002.

After  2002  BPL  Census,  recognizing  the  multi-dimensional  nature  of  poverty,  Socio Economic  and  Caste  Census  2011  (SECC  2011)  was  conducted  in  association  with  the States/UTs. 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  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  Territory-  wise  numbers  of  rural  households  in  these  three categories are given at Annexure-1 .

- (c) to (d) : No request for increase in the number of BPL families has been received from any state government.

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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                                                               |
| MADHYAPRADESH                                                         | 11288946                                                              | 3301696                                                               | 396787                                                                | 6748026                                                               |
| GUJARAT                                                               | 6920473                                                               | 3236193                                                               | 31216                                                                 | 2967972                                                               |
| DAMAN AND DIU                                                         | 31795                                                                 | 16707                                                                 | 3519                                                                  | 6313                                                                  |
| DADRA &NAGARHAVELI                                                    | 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                                                              |