Lok Sabha Question No. 3899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: BPL Survey
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: OM BIRLA, GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

3899. SHRI OM BIRLA:

SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons identified as living Below Poverty Line (BPL) State and category-wise;
- (b)   the year in which the latest survey in regard to BPL population was conducted  in  the  country  and  the  nature  of  short  comings  found therein  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard;
- (c)   whether the said survey was supposed to be conducted again after a certain period of time;
- (d)   if so, the time by which the said survey is likely to be conducted;
- (e)   whether  any  proposal  regarding  conducting  BPL  survey  is  under consideration of the Government; and
- (f)   if  so,  the  time  by  which  it  is  likely  to  be  cleared  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION,  MINISTER  OF  STATE FOR  MINISTRY  OF  EXTERNAL  AFFAIRS  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR MINISTRY  OF  OVERSEAS  INDIAN  AFFAIRS  [GENERAL  (Dr.)  V.K.  SINGH (Retd.)]

(a) to (f): As  per  the  last  BPL  Census  conducted  in  2002,  a  statement showing  rural  BPL  families  identified  by  the  States/UTs  is  given  at  the Annexure.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3899 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 12 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## BPL SURVEY

There were disputes on inclusion and exclusion of families in BPL list 2002. States reported that many poor households could not be captured as BPL and many non- BPL households got enumerated as BPL.

Originally, the States were asked to identify the number of BPL families in such  a  manner  that  it  should  be  equal  to  the  Poverty  Estimates  of  19992000 of the Planning Commission. However, subsequently the States were given the option of deciding the total number of BPL households equal to the Poverty Estimates of 1999-2000 or the Adjusted Share computed by the Planning Commission, whichever is higher. In addition, the States were also given the flexibility of another 10% to account for the transient poor.  The State  Governments  were  given  flexibility  to  decide  the  cut  off  score  for determining the number of BPL families in the different parts of rural areas by  taking  into  account  the  prevailing  incidence  of  poverty  in  a  particular area and other local circumstances.

After  the  BPL  Census  in  2002,  the  Government  decided  to  conduct  the Socio  Economic  and  Caste  Census  (SECC),  2011.    Socio  Economic  and Caste  Census  consists  of  Census  in  Rural  areas  for  identification  of  BPL households, Census in Urban areas in connection with identification of BPL households  in  urban  areas  and  Caste  Census  throughout  the  country. Government  launched  a  Socio  Economic  and  Caste  Census  2011  (SECC 2011)  to  generate  information  on  a  large  number  of  social  and  economic indicators/parameters for ranking of households across the country, which may be used to determine eligibility and entitlements for different Central Government Schemes.

The enumeration of the SECC 2011 has been completed in all the districts. The  provisional  Socio  Economic  and  Caste  Census  (SECC)  data  for  Rural India was released on 3rd July, 2015.

Annexure Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3899 to be answered on 12.08.2015 No. of Rural BPL families identified by the States/UTs under BPL Census, 2002

| Sl. No.              | States/UTs     | No. of BPL families identified (in lakhs)   |
|----------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh     |                | 29.893                                      |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh  |                | 0.830                                       |
| 3 Assam              | 18.728         |                                             |
| 4                    | Bihar          | 113.410                                     |
| 5                    | Chhattisgarh   | 17.892                                      |
| 6 Delhi              |                | #                                           |
| 7 Goa                |                | 0.071                                       |
| 8                    | Gujarat        | 14.512                                      |
| 9 Haryana            |                | 8.583                                       |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh  | 2.823          |                                             |
| 11 Jammu & Kashmir   |                | 6.179                                       |
| 12 Jharkhand         |                | 25.480                                      |
| 13 Karnataka         |                | 18.306**                                    |
| 14 Kerala            | Not            | Available                                   |
| 15 Madhya Pradesh    |                | 54.684**                                    |
| 16                   | Maharashtra    | 45.023**                                    |
| 17 Manipur           |                | 1.693                                       |
| 18 Meghalaya         |                | 2.052                                       |
| 19                   | Mizoram        | 0.395**                                     |
| 20                   | Nagaland       | 1.558                                       |
| 21                   | Orissa         | Not Available                               |
| 22 Punjab            |                | 3.445                                       |
| 23                   | Rajasthan      | 17.362                                      |
| 24 Sikkim            | Not            | Available                                   |
| 25 Tamil Nadu        |                | 34.848                                      |
| 26                   | Tripura        | Not Available                               |
| 27                   | Uttar Pradesh  | 100.271                                     |
| 28 Uttarakhand       |                | 6.211**                                     |
| 29                   | West Bengal    | 68.005**                                    |
| 30 Andaman & Nicobar | Islands* 0.107 |                                             |
| 31                   | Chandigarh     | #                                           |
| 32 Dadra & Nagar     | Haveli         | 0.160                                       |
| 33 Daman & Diu       |                | 0.005                                       |
| 34                   | Lakshadweep    | Not Available                               |
| 35                   | Puducherry     | Not Available                               |
| Total                |                | 592.526                                     |

* For Andaman only       ** updated as on 30 th  November, 2012. # Programmes of Ministry of Rural Development are not implemented

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