Lok Sabha Question No. 39 (STARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Socio-Economic Census
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRRON KHER, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 39 TO BE ANSWERRED ON 25.02.2016

## SOCIO - ECONOMIC CENSUS

## *39. SHRIMATI  KIRRON KHER : SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has released latest socio - economic  data  on  rural  India,  if  so, details thereof, State/UT -Wise;
- (b) whether more than 5 crore families in the country are still landless and depend on labour for income, if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  for  their  socio - economic  upliftment  for  assuring  their  regu source of income and skill development ; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide interest subsidy to make credit che remove a cap on spending under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, if so, t thereof along with the timeline, if any, fixed in this regard?

## ANSWER MIN ISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI BIRENDER SINGH )

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

*****

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok Sabha  Starred  Question  No. 39  for  answer  on  25 th January, 2016.

(a) & (b):  Yes, Madam. The Ministry of Rural Development launched a Socio Economic an Caste  Census  (SECC)  2011  which  was  carried  out  by  the  respective  State/Union  Te Government with the financial and technical support of the Government of India .O  July 3, 2015, Government  released  (online)  the  provisional  data  from  the  Socio  Economic  and  Caste (SECC)  2011  for  Rural  India.    The  State/UT -wise  SECC  data  and  the  number  of  landless households deriving a major part of their income from manual labour is given at Annex.

(c ) & (d) : With t he objective  to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life i through  employment  generation, strengthening  of  livelihoods, development  of  skills,  rural infrastructure and provision of o ther basic amenities, Ministry of Rural Developmentis implemen various  rural  development  programmes  in  rural  areas  of  the  country,  namely,  Mahatma National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Pradhan Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana (PMGSY), National Rural Livelihood Missi on (NRLM), renamed as Deen DayalAntyodayaYojana - National  Rural  Livelihood  Missi on  (DAY - NRLM), Indira  AwaasYojana  (IAY) and  Integrated Watershed  Management  Programme  (IWMP).Placement  Linked  Skill  Development  under  Deen Dayal U padhyaya -Grameen KaushalyaYojana (DDU- GKY) is one of the components of DAY -NRLM which seeks to build the Skills of the poor rural youth and place them in relat wage employment sectors of the economy. The ceiling of 25% for allocating fund f or Aajeevika Skills (DDU - GKY) under DAY - NRLM has been removed to make provisions on a demand driven basis within the overall budgetary provision available under NRLM.

Interest  subvention  is  provided  to  NRLM  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  to  co ver he difference between the bank's lending rate of  interest and 7%, on credit availed by the SHGs from the banks for a maximum of Rs 3, 00,000 per SHG.

## Annex. referred to in reply to  LokSabha Starred Question No. 39 to be answered on 25.02.2016.

Statement showing the  State/UT -wise Socio Economic and Census data  on rural India.

| Sl No   | States/ UTs Name          | Total Households   |   Automatic Inclusion | Automatic Inclusion   |   Households reporting Deprivation | Households reporting Deprivation   |   Landless households deriving major part their income from manual casual labour | Landless households deriving major part their income from manual casual labour   |
|---------|---------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 1601606            |                 13791 | 0.86%                 |                             586345 | 36.61%                             |                                                                           123764 | 7.73%                                                                            |
| 2       | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 1263500            |                  1931 | 0.15%                 |                             259673 | 20.55%                             |                                                                            49581 | 3.92%                                                                            |
| 3       | PUNJAB                    | 3269467            |                  8004 | 0.24%                 |                             778245 | 23.80%                             |                                                                           689544 | 21.09%                                                                           |
| 4       | HARYANA                   | 2969509            |                  6519 | 0.22%                 |                             997129 | 33.58%                             |                                                                           804538 | 27.09%                                                                           |
| 5       | BIHAR                     | 17829066           |                 37657 | 0.21%                 |                           10876054 | 61.00%                             |                                                                          8409965 | 47.17%                                                                           |
| 6       | WEST BENGAL               | 15756750           |                203209 | 1.29%                 |                           10056266 | 63.82%                             |                                                                          6983342 | 44.32%                                                                           |
| 7       | JHARKHAND                 | 5044234            |                 52045 | 1.03%                 |                            2694061 | 53.41%                             |                                                                           911247 | 18.07%                                                                           |
| 8       | ODISHA                    | 8622572            |                117893 | 1.37%                 |                            5692729 | 66.02%                             |                                                                          3120800 | 36.19%                                                                           |
| 9       | RAJASTHAN                 | 10223073           |                 72091 | 0.71%                 |                            5165212 | 50.53%                             |                                                                          2242666 | 21.94%                                                                           |
| 10      | GUJARAT                   | 6920473            |                 31216 | 0.45%                 |                            2967972 | 42.89%                             |                                                                          1840289 | 26.59%                                                                           |
| 11      | MAHARASHTRA               | 13736107           |                227382 | 1.64%                 |                            6002793 | 43.70%                             |                                                                          4041461 | 29.42%                                                                           |
| 12      | GOA                       | 220731             |                   135 | 0.06%                 |                              23816 | 10.79%                             |                                                                            11765 | 5.33%                                                                            |
| 13      | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 9344157            |                 59470 | 0.64%                 |                            4822097 | 51.61%                             |                                                                          3400265 | 36.39%                                                                           |
| 14      | KARNATAKA                 | 8048664            |                 30074 | 0.37%                 |                            2836539 | 35.24%                             |                                                                          1174191 | 14.59%                                                                           |
| 15      | KERALA                    | 6319215            |                 14289 | 0.23%                 |                            1469167 | 23.25%                             |                                                                          1191581 | 18.86%                                                                           |
| 16      | TAMILNADU                 | 10088119           |                 38549 | 0.38%                 |                            4704939 | 46.64%                             |                                                                          3750317 | 37.18%                                                                           |
| 17      | TELANGANA                 | 5643187            |                 13543 | 0.24%                 |                            2135883 | 37.85%                             |                                                                          1280008 | 22.68%                                                                           |
| 18      | UTTARAKHAND               | 1479742            |                  4726 | 0.32%                 |                             429888 | 29.05%                             |                                                                           181664 | 12.28%                                                                           |
| 19      | UTTAR PRADESH             | 26015544           |                 68190 | 0.26%                 |                           10381289 | 39.90%                             |                                                                          5753249 | 22.11%                                                                           |
| 20      | CHHATTISGARH              | 4539617            |                112084 | 2.47%                 |                            3178464 | 70.02%                             |                                                                          1543380 | 34.00%                                                                           |
| 21      | MADHYA PRADESH            | 11288946           |                396787 | 3.51%                 |                            6748026 | 59.78%                             |                                                                          4325823 | 38.32%                                                                           |
| 22      | SIKKIM                    | 88723              |                   235 | 0.26%                 |                              33480 | 37.74%                             |                                                                             7163 | 8.07%                                                                            |
| 23      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 201510             |                  3559 | 1.77%                 |                              72873 | 36.16%                             |                                                                             7424 | 3.68%                                                                            |
| 24      | NAGALAND                  | 284310             |                   969 | 0.34%                 |                             182441 | 64.17%                             |                                                                            14061 | 4.95%                                                                            |
| 25      | MANIPUR                   | 448163             |                  4963 | 1.11%                 |                             236653 | 52.81%                             |                                                                            62140 | 13.87%                                                                           |
| 26      | MIZORAM                   | 111626             |                   512 | 0.46%                 |                              66499 | 59.57%                             |                                                                             5341 | 4.78%                                                                            |
| 27      | TRIPURA                   | 693469             |                 72961 | 10.52%                |                             338096 | 48.75%                             |                                                                           188963 | 27.25%                                                                           |
| 28      | MEGHALAYA                 | 485897             |                  1224 | 0.25%                 |                             327506 | 67.40%                             |                                                                           132501 | 27.27%                                                                           |
| 29      | ASSAM                     | 5743835            |                 33451 | 0.58%                 |                            2892859 | 50.36%                             |                                                                          1565855 | 27.26%                                                                           |
| 30      | CHANDIGARH                | 15657              |                    10 | 0.06%                 |                               3925 | 25.07%                             |                                                                             1746 | 11.15%                                                                           |
| 31      | NCT OF DELHI              | 1051097            |                  1127 | 0.11%                 |                              89740 | 8.54%                              |                                                                            51070 | 4.86%                                                                            |
| 32      | DAMAN AND DIU             | 31795              |                  3519 | 11.07%                |                               6313 | 19.86%                             |                                                                             2892 | 9.10%                                                                            |
| 33      | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      | 45352 10929        |                   298 | 0.66%                 |                              25378 | 55.96%                             |                                                                             6986 | 15.40%                                                                           |
| 34      | LAKSHADWEEP               |                    |                    13 | 0.12%                 |                               1455 | 13.31%                             |                                                                              339 | 3.10%                                                                            |
| 35      | PUDUCHERRY                | 115249             |                   311 | 0.27%                 |                              40336 | 35.00%                             |                                                                            24041 | 20.86%                                                                           |
| 36      | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 68481              |                   168 | 0.25%                 |                              15976 | 23.33%                             |                                                                             7752 | 11.32%                                                                           |
|         | ALL INDIA                 | 179620372          |               1632905 | 0.91%                 |                           87140117 | 48.51%                             |                                                                         53907714 | 30.01%                                                                           |