Lok Sabha Question No. 2432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: BPL Cardholders
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vijay Kumar, Ramesh Chandra Majhi

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2432 ANSWERED ON 09.03.2021

## BPL CARDHOLDERS

## 2432.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

SHRI. RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of BPL cardholders have increased in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the increased number of BPL cardholders, Statewise/Union-Territorywise;
- (c) whether the Government has received any proposal from the State Governments to increase the number of BPL cardholders; and
- (d) if so, the reaction by the Government thereto alongwith the measures taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (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  broad  picture  of  deprived  households  is  reflected  in  these  three  categories which is given at Annexure-1 .

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

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## Annexure-1 .

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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                                                             |