Lok Sabha Question No. 3820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: People Living below Poverty Line
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3820

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## PEOPLE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

## 3820.   SHRI B.V. NAIK:

## SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  people  living  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  at  present  in  the  country including backward rural regions, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has fixed or proposes to fix any target for the upliftment of all the poor people who are living BPL;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the target fixed, if any, during the last three years and the current year and the present position with regard to upliftment of these people above poverty line;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government has chalked out any programme to reduce the number of such families and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (e): A combined Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 was conducted by States/Union Territories to rank households across the country for both rural & urban areas on identified  socio-economic  parameters.  SECC-2011  provides  data  on  households  regarding various  aspects  of  their  socio-economic  status  -  viz.  housing,  land-  holding/landlessness, educational status, status of women, differently abled, occupation, possession of assets, SC/ST households,  incomes,  etc.  SECC  2011  data  captures  respondent  based  disclosures  on  socio economic status of 17.97 crore rural households which has allowed automatic exclusion of 07.07 crore (39.34 %) of households as not poor on the basis of 13 parameters, automatic inclusion of 0.16 crore (0.89%) households as poorest of the poor on the basis of 5 parameters and grading of deprivation  of  8.70  crore  (48.41%)  of  rural  households  on  the  basis  of  seven  parameters. Statement indicating State/UT-wise details of  households  showing  Automatic  Exclusion, Automatic Inclusion and Deprivation is given at Annexure . Programme specific priority list of beneficiaries is generated, through the granular details available in the SECC 2011, for meeting programmes/schemes objectives to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas, including backward regions. SECC -2011 data is being used for selecting beneficiaries  in  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Deen  Dayal  Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihood Mission(DAY-NRLM), Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY) of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti of the Ministry of Power, Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) etc.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3820 due for answer on 03.01.2019

| States/UTs.                   | Total Households   |   Automatic Exclusion |   Automatic Inclusion |   Considered for Deprivation |   Households with no Deprivation |
|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 01 - JAMMU &KASHMIR           | 1601606            |                761875 |                 13791 |                       825940 |                           239595 |
| 02 - HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 1263756            |                840852 |                  1938 |                       420966 |                           161111 |
| 03 - PUNJAB                   | 3269467            |               2438567 |                  8004 |                       822896 |                            44651 |
| 04 - CHANDIGARH               | 15657              |                  9250 |                    10 |                         6397 |                             2472 |
| 05 - UTTARAKHAND              | 1479742            |                823330 |                  4726 |                       651686 |                           221798 |
| 06 - HARYANA                  | 2969509            |               1779954 |                  6519 |                      1183036 |                           185907 |
| 07 - NCT OF DELHI             | 1051097            |                881667 |                  1127 |                       168303 |                            78559 |
| 08 - RAJASTHAN                | 10223073           |               4069999 |                 72091 |                      6080983 |                           915771 |
| 09 - UTTAR PRADESH            | 26015592           |              12466832 |                 68190 |                     13480570 |                          3099215 |
| 10 - BIHAR                    | 17829066           |               4793001 |                 37657 |                     12998408 |                          2122354 |
| 11 - SIKKIM                   | 88723              |                 39442 |                   235 |                        49046 |                            15566 |
| 12 - ARUNACHAL PRADESH        | 201842             |                118987 |                  3559 |                        79296 |                             6359 |
| 13 - NAGALAND                 | 284310             |                 97323 |                   969 |                       186018 |                             3577 |
| 14 - MANIPUR                  | 448163             |                147003 |                  4963 |                       296197 |                            59544 |
| 15 - MIZORAM                  | 111626             |                 44437 |                   512 |                        66677 |                              178 |
| 16 - TRIPURA                  | 697062             |                165435 |                 33343 |                       498284 |                            96826 |
| 17 - MEGHALAYA                | 485897             |                151711 |                  1224 |                       332962 |                             5456 |
| 18 - ASSAM                    | 5743835            |               1689138 |                 33451 |                      4021246 |                          1128387 |
| 19 - WEST BENGAL              | 15756750           |               3302481 |                203209 |                     12251060 |                          2194794 |
| 20 - JHARKHAND                | 5044234            |               1566811 |                 52045 |                      3425378 |                           731317 |
| 21 - ODISHA                   | 8677615            |               1628400 |                119772 |                      6929443 |                          1199071 |
| 22 - CHHATTISGARH             | 4540999            |                819609 |                112084 |                      3609306 |                           429979 |
| 23 - MADHYA PRADESH           | 11288946           |               3301696 |                396787 |                      7590463 |                           842437 |
| 24 - GUJARAT                  | 6920473            |               3236193 |                 31216 |                      3653064 |                           685092 |
| 25 -DAMAN AND DIU             | 31795              |                 16707 |                  3519 |                        11569 |                             5256 |
| 26 - DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI      | 45352              |                 15780 |                   298 |                        29274 |                             3896 |
| 27 - MAHARASHTRA              | 13841960           |               5440356 |                227678 |                      8173926 |                          2109769 |
| 28 - ANDHRA PRADESH           | 9344180            |               3595077 |                 59470 |                      5689633 |                           867529 |
| 29 - TELANGANA                | 5643739            |               3143322 |                 13543 |                      2486874 |                           350715 |
| 30 - KARNATAKA                | 8048664            |               4022702 |                 30074 |                      3995888 |                          1159349 |
| 31 - GOA                      | 220731             |                185010 |                   135 |                        35586 |                            11770 |
| 32 - LAKSHADWEEP              | 10929              |                  9410 |                    13 |                         1506 |                               51 |
| 33 - KERALA                   | 6319215            |               4388457 |                 14289 |                      1916469 |                           447302 |
| 34 - TAMILNADU                | 10088119           |               4657981 |                 38549 |                      5391589 |                           686650 |
| 35 - PUDUCHERRY               | 115249             |                 65854 |                   311 |                        49084 |                             8748 |
| 36 - ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS | 68481              |                 39354 |                   168 |                        28959 |                            12983 |
| Total 179787454               | Total 179787454    |              70754003 |               1595469 |                    107437982 |                         20134034 |