Lok Sabha Question No. 1361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Upliftment of BPL People
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, VINOD KUMAR SONKAR, LAKHAN LAL SAHU, GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1361

TO BE ANSWERRED ON 03.03.2016

## UPLIFTMENT OF BPL PEOPLE

## 1361. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA: SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR: SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)        the  details  of  total  number  of  persons  living  below  poverty  line  and  above  pov country as per the latest census, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the number of persons living below poverty line has increased during the las and the current year, if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether the current methodology is posing difficulty in determ ining the actual number of person living below poverty line, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of various rural schemes being implemented by the Government for upliftm people across the country, State/UT - wise including Maharashtra ;
- (e) whether the Government has observed certain irregularities in the distribution of rat cards and the preparation of BPL beneficiary lists in the country, if so, the details the  number  of  such  cases  reported/detect ed  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current State/UT - wise; and
- (f)      the  details  of  remedial  measures  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Governmen target/timeline fixed and achievements made thereunder during the said period?

## ANSWER M INISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) to (c): As per the latest available estimates of poverty by the erstwhile Planning Com rural poverty ratio in the country was 41.8% in 2004 - 05 and was 25.7% in 2011 - 12 On July 3, 2015 Government released on line the provisional data from the Socio Economic and Caste Censu 2011 for Rural India. The Report of the SECC 2011 is available on http://secc.gov.in . It provides data on households regarding various aspects of their socio - economic status -housing, land -holding/landlessness, educational status, status of women, the differently able, occupati assets,  SC/ST  households,  incomes,  etc.  SECC  data  captur es  respondent  based  disclosures  on  soc economic status of 17.96 crore rural households and thus allows automatic exclusion of 7.06 crore (39.37 %) of households as not poor on the basis of 13 parameters, automatic inclusion of 0.16 c %) households as poorest of the poor on the basis of 5 parameters and grading of depriv crore  (48.51%)  of  rural  households  on  the  basis  of  seven  criteria.State/UT -wise  percentage  of  rural households admitting incidence of 1 - 7 deprivation parameters is given at Annexure.

(d)  to (f):With t he objective  to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life across  the  country,  the    Ministry  of  Rural  Developmentis  implementing  various  rural programmes  in  rural  areas of  the  country,  namely,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employme Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY), National Rural Livelihoo Missi on (NRLM), renamed as DeenDayalAntyodayaYojana -National Rural Livelihood Missi on (DAY NRLM), Indira AwaasYojana (IAY) and Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP). To avoid exclusion and inclusion errors, Ministry of Rural Development has decided to use th household data relating to multi - dimensionality of poverty for implemen ting the scheme.

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## Annexure .

## Annex refe rred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No - 1361 for answer on3.03.2016

The percentage of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter

| Sr. No.   | Code with States/ Name   | Total Households   | % of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter : State/ UT   | % of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter : State/ UT   | % of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter : State/ UT   | % of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter : State/ UT   | % of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter : State/ UT   | % of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter : State/ UT   | % of Rural Households facing multiple Deprivation parameter : State/ UT   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | UTs                      | Total Households   | Exactly 1                                                                 | Exactly 2                                                                 | Exactly 3                                                                 | Exactly 4                                                                 | Exactly 5                                                                 | Exactly 6                                                                 | Exactly 7                                                                 |
| 1         | 2                        | 3                  | 4                                                                         | 5                                                                         | 6                                                                         | 7                                                                         | 8                                                                         | 9                                                                         | 10                                                                        |
| 1         | & N ISLANDS              | 68481              | 17.20%                                                                    | 4.74%                                                                     | 1.16%                                                                     | 0.21%                                                                     | 0.02%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 2         | A ANDHRA PRADESH         | 9344157            | 20.80%                                                                    | 18.30%                                                                    | 8.88%                                                                     | 2.83%                                                                     | 0.70%                                                                     | 0.09%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        | 201510             | 14.60%                                                                    | 14.49%                                                                    | 5.65%                                                                     | 1.12%                                                                     | 0.27%                                                                     | 0.04%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 4         | ASSAM                    | 5743835            | 26.91%                                                                    | 16.98%                                                                    | 5.28%                                                                     | 0.98%                                                                     | 0.20%                                                                     | 0.02%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 5         | BIHAR                    | 17829066           | 21.63%                                                                    | 21.48%                                                                    | 13.23%                                                                    | 3.91%                                                                     | 0.64%                                                                     | 0.10%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH               | 15657              | 14.40%                                                                    | 7.95%                                                                     | 2.46%                                                                     | 0.25%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH             | 4539617            | 22.17%                                                                    | 24.47%                                                                    | 14.67%                                                                    | 6.23%                                                                     | 1.94%                                                                     | 0.51%                                                                     | 0.03%                                                                     |
| 8         | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI     | 45352              | 21.16%                                                                    | 22.57%                                                                    | 9.55%                                                                     | 2.25%                                                                     | 0.36%                                                                     | 0.06%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 9         | DAMAN AND DIU            | 31795              | 14.44%                                                                    | 4.33%                                                                     | 0.89%                                                                     | 0.18%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 10        | GOA                      | 220731             | 6.11%                                                                     | 2.97%                                                                     | 1.22%                                                                     | 0.41%                                                                     | 0.08%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 11        | GUJARAT                  | 6920473            | 18.54%                                                                    | 15.36%                                                                    | 6.71%                                                                     | 1.78%                                                                     | 0.43%                                                                     | 0.07%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 12        | HARYANA                  | 2969509            | 11.56%                                                                    | 13.06%                                                                    | 7.19%                                                                     | 1.46%                                                                     | 0.27%                                                                     | 0.04%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 13        | HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 1263500            | 12.42%                                                                    | 5.46%                                                                     | 1.99%                                                                     | 0.58%                                                                     | 0.10%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 14        | JAMMU & KASHMIR          | 1601606            | 19.33%                                                                    | 12.29%                                                                    | 4.01%                                                                     | 0.83%                                                                     | 0.13%                                                                     | 0.02%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 15        | JHARKHAND                | 5044234            | 23.34%                                                                    | 18.67%                                                                    | 8.38%                                                                     | 2.42%                                                                     | 0.50%                                                                     | 0.08%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 16        | KARNATAKA                | 8048664            | 17.24%                                                                    | 11.35%                                                                    | 4.84%                                                                     | 1.42%                                                                     | 0.34%                                                                     | 0.05%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 17        | KERALA                   | 6319215            | 14.28%                                                                    | 6.75%                                                                     | 1.65%                                                                     | 0.45%                                                                     | 0.11%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 18        | LAKSHADWEEP              | 10929              | 7.80%                                                                     | 4.07%                                                                     | 1.10%                                                                     | 0.23%                                                                     | 0.09%                                                                     | 0.02%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 19        | MADHYA PRADESH           | 11288946           | 16.12%                                                                    | 20.08%                                                                    | 15.20%                                                                    | 6.63%                                                                     | 1.37%                                                                     | 0.35%                                                                     | 0.03%                                                                     |
| 20        | MAHARASHTRA              | 13736107           | 18.42%                                                                    | 14.20%                                                                    | 7.52%                                                                     | 2.88%                                                                     | 0.66%                                                                     | 0.12%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     |
| 21        | MANIPUR                  | 448163             | 35.62%                                                                    | 14.32%                                                                    | 2.25%                                                                     | 0.50%                                                                     | 0.10%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 22        | MEGHALAYA                | 485897             | 24.11%                                                                    | 27.79%                                                                    | 12.09%                                                                    | 2.88%                                                                     | 0.48%                                                                     | 0.05%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 23        | MIZORAM                  | 111626             | 31.70%                                                                    | 19.39%                                                                    | 7.12%                                                                     | 1.19%                                                                     | 0.16%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 24        | NAGALAND                 | 284310             | 37.85%                                                                    | 19.99%                                                                    | 4.71%                                                                     | 1.32%                                                                     | 0.27%                                                                     | 0.03%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 25        | NCT OF DELHI             | 1051097            | 5.65%                                                                     | 2.26%                                                                     | 0.54%                                                                     | 0.07%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 26        | ODISHA                   | 8622572            | 22.68%                                                                    | 22.64%                                                                    | 13.85%                                                                    | 5.23%                                                                     | 1.31%                                                                     | 0.30%                                                                     | 0.02%                                                                     |
| 27        | PUDUCHERRY               | 115249             | 14.27%                                                                    | 11.14%                                                                    | 6.32%                                                                     | 2.43%                                                                     | 0.70%                                                                     | 0.14%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 28        | PUNJAB                   | 3269467            | 4.66%                                                                     | 9.15%                                                                     | 7.92%                                                                     | 1.74%                                                                     | 0.28%                                                                     | 0.05%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 29        | RAJASTHAN                | 10223073           | 16.57%                                                                    | 16.97%                                                                    | 11.91%                                                                    | 4.13%                                                                     | 0.75%                                                                     | 0.17%                                                                     | 0.02%                                                                     |
| 30        | SIKKIM                   | 88723              | 23.88%                                                                    | 10.27%                                                                    | 2.86%                                                                     | 0.59%                                                                     | 0.11%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 31        | TAMILNADU                | 10088119           | 16.59%                                                                    | 15.92%                                                                    | 8.93%                                                                     | 3.67%                                                                     | 1.28%                                                                     | 0.24%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     |
| 32        | TELANGANA                | 5643187            | 13.78%                                                                    | 13.71%                                                                    | 7.38%                                                                     | 2.35%                                                                     | 0.56%                                                                     | 0.07%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 33        | TRIPURA                  | 693469             | 25.56%                                                                    | 17.49%                                                                    | 6.51%                                                                     | 1.83%                                                                     | 0.38%                                                                     | 0.07%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 34        | UTTAR PRADESH            | 26015544           | 17.09%                                                                    | 13.88%                                                                    | 6.67%                                                                     | 1.86%                                                                     | 0.34%                                                                     | 0.06%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 35        | UTTARAKHAND              | 1479742            | 14.44%                                                                    | 9.50%                                                                     | 4.09%                                                                     | 0.85%                                                                     | 0.15%                                                                     | 0.02%                                                                     | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 36        | WEST BENGAL              | 15756750           | 23.52%                                                                    | 22.60%                                                                    | 12.76%                                                                    | 4.15%                                                                     | 0.66%                                                                     | 0.13%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     |
|           | Total                    | 179620372          | 18.73%                                                                    | 16.71%                                                                    | 9.22%                                                                     | 3.07%                                                                     | 0.66%                                                                     | 0.13%                                                                     | 0.01%                                                                     |