Lok Sabha Question No. 333 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Farmers Living Below Poverty Line
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 333

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   16 TH  JULY, 2019

## FARMERS LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

- *333.     SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to evaluate the number of farmers living Below the Poverty Line (BPL);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the welfare schemes introduced by the Government for farmers during the last three years, scheme and State-wise; and
- (d) the number of farmers who got benefited from such schemes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 333  DUE FOR REPLY ON 16 TH  JULY, 2019.

(a)  & (b): No Sir, separate estimate on the number of farmers living Below Poverty Line is  not  available.  Government  conducts  large  sample  surveys  through  NSSO  for  periodical estimation  of  population  living  Below  Poverty  Line.  According  to  the  erstwhile  Planning Commission's estimates based on Consumption Expenditure Survey (2011-12) conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), the rural population living Below Poverty Line (BPL) was 216.65 million in 2011-12. A statement on state wise population Below Poverty Line is in Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): The  Government  has  introduced  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PMKISAN) Scheme to provide an assured income support to farming community in the interim budget for 2019-20. Earlier, under  PM-KISAN, landholding farmer families, having cultivable land upto 2 hectares, were provided direct income support at the rate of Rs. 6,000 per year in three instalments of Rs. 2000 each. The 1st instalment under the Scheme has already been credited into the bank  accounts  of 35,603,344  beneficiaries and  2nd  instalment to 31,077,444 beneficiaries as  on  5 th July  2019 . State-wise  details  of  beneficiaries  under  the scheme is given at Annexure-II. Lately, the ambit of the Scheme has been expanded to cover all  farmers in the country irrespective of the size of their land holdings, subject to all other existing exclusions. With expansion of the ambit of the scheme, the expected expenditure of the Scheme for the financial year 2019-20 has been revised to Rs.87,217.50 crore, including the  administrative  charges  of  Rs.217.50  crore.  Further,  the  Government  has  approved  a pension scheme for all Small and Marginal Farmers (SMF) in the country, subject to certain exclusion clauses, with a view to provide them social security net as they have minimal or no savings  to  provide  for  old  age  and  to  support  them  in  the  event  of  consequent  loss  of livelihood. The scheme provides for payment of a minimum fixed pension of Rs.3,000/- per month to the eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60 years.

Besides,  Government  is  implementing  many  other  schemes  for  the  upliftment  of farmers, such as, National Food Security Mission, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay  Sanrakshan  Abhiyan  (PM-AASHA),  e-NAM  (National  Agriculture  Market),  Soil  Health Card Scheme, National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture.

## Annexure  in  reference  to  Reply  to  Part  (a)  &  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 333 due for reply on 16- 07-2019.

## Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12.

|      |                           | 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   | Odisha                    | 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   | Uttarakhand               | 11.62           | 8.25                   | 10.48           | 3.35                   | 11.26           | 11.60                  |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh             | 30.40           | 479.35                 | 26.06           | 118.84                 | 29.43           | 598.19                 |
| 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   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 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                |

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

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

Source: Planning Commission's Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Measurement  of Poverty.

## Annexure in reference to Reply to Part (c)  (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 333 due for reply on 16- 07-2019

## Number of beneficiaries and amount disbursed under PM-KISAN as on 05.07.2019

| States                      | First instalment Payment (Number)   | First instalment Payment (Amount) (In Rs)   | Second instalment Payment (Number)   | Second instalment Payment (Amount) (In Rs)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 10,004                              | 2,00,08,000                                 |                                      | 0                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 34,43,116                           | 6,88,62,32,000                              | 31,41,105                            | 6,28,22,10,000                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                                   | 0                                           |                                      | 0                                            |
| Assam                       | 12,51,073                           | 2,50,21,46,000                              | 10,44,820                            | 2,08,96,40,000                               |
| Bihar                       | 8,38,362                            | 1,67,67,24,000                              | 2,19,141                             | 43,82,82,000                                 |
| Chandigarh                  | 13                                  | 26,000                                      |                                      | 0                                            |
| Chhattisgarh                | 3,41,677                            | 68,33,54,000                                | 1,11,768                             | 22,35,36,000                                 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 5,322                               | 1,06,44,000                                 |                                      | 0                                            |
| Daman and Diu               | 2,423                               | 48,46,000                                   | 2,106                                | 42,12,000                                    |
| Delhi                       | 0                                   | 0                                           |                                      | 0                                            |
| Goa                         | 2,385                               | 47,70,000                                   | 2,336                                | 46,72,000                                    |
| Gujarat                     | 28,41,881                           | 5,68,37,62,000                              | 28,32,614                            | 5,66,52,28,000                               |
| Haryana                     | 9,82,987                            | 1,96,59,74,000                              | 9,35,929                             | 1,87,18,58,000                               |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 5,40,949                            | 1,08,18,98,000                              | 4,40,003                             | 88,00,06,000                                 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 5,41,029                            | 1,08,20,58,000                              | 4,62,497                             | 92,49,94,000                                 |
| Jharkhand                   | 5,44,140                            | 1,08,82,80,000                              | 3,98,951                             | 79,79,02,000                                 |
| Karnataka                   | 7,67,098                            | 1,53,41,96,000                              | 3,03,684                             | 60,73,68,000                                 |
| Kerala                      | 11,41,821                           | 2,28,36,42,000                              | 9,31,661                             | 1,86,33,22,000                               |
| Lakshdweep                  | 0                                   | 0                                           |                                      | 0                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 9,304                               | 1,86,08,000                                 |                                      | 0                                            |
| Maharashtra                 | 22,87,581                           | 4,57,51,62,000                              | 15,02,217                            | 3,00,44,34,000                               |
| Manipur                     | 7,276                               | 1,45,52,000                                 |                                      | 0                                            |
| Meghalaya                   | 76                                  | 1,52,000                                    |                                      | 0                                            |
| Mizoram                     | 24,410                              | 4,88,20,000                                 | 11,931                               | 2,38,62,000                                  |
| Nagaland                    | 39,685                              | 7,93,70,000                                 | 30,459                               | 6,09,18,000                                  |
| Odisha                      | 9,71,749                            | 1,94,34,98,000                              | 9,29,025                             | 1,85,80,50,000                               |
| Puducherry                  | 4,421                               | 88,42,000                                   |                                      | 0                                            |
| Punjab                      | 12,89,315                           | 2,57,86,30,000                              | 11,44,648                            | 2,28,92,96,000                               |
| Rajasthan                   | 15,83,018                           | 3,16,60,36,000                              | 13,23,564                            | 2,64,71,28,000                               |
| Sikkim                      |                                     | 0                                           |                                      | 0                                            |
| Tamilnadu                   | 21,95,316                           | 4,39,06,32,000                              | 21,23,556                            | 4,24,71,12,000                               |
| Telangana                   | 22,16,560                           | 4,43,31,20,000                              | 18,58,221                            | 3,71,64,42,000                               |
| Tripura                     | 1,51,095                            | 30,21,90,000                                | 1,51,064                             | 30,21,28,000                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 1,11,69,349                         | 22,33,86,98,000                             | 1,08,48,667                          | 21,69,73,34,000                              |
| Uttarakhand                 | 3,99,909                            | 79,98,18,000                                | 3,27,477                             | 65,49,54,000                                 |
| West Bengal                 | 0                                   | 0                                           | 0                                    | 0                                            |
| Total                       | 3,56,03,344                         | 71,20,66,88,000                             | 3,10,77,444                          | 62,15,48,88,000                              |

Note: Agri Census data of 2015-16 is based on the land holding and does not cover the details of joint land holders.

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