Lok Sabha Question No. 709 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-03
Subject: Indira Awaas Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNST ARRED QUESTION NO. 709

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2015

## INDIRA AWAAS YOJANA

## 709. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAAIRE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL: SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the norms/ guidelines adopted for identification of Below Poverty Line (BPL) famili the country;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries covered under the Indira A waasYojana (IAY) in the country since inception, State/ UT - wise;
- (c) the total number of homeless families yet to be covered under IAY in the country, UT - wise;
- (d) whether the Government has received any request from various States for increasing number of beneficiaries under IAY, if so, the details thereof and the steps taken Government in this regard State/UT - wise ; and
- (e) whether the Government has recently conducted any assessment/ evaluation of IAY, so, the details and the outcome ther eof?

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

- (a) : The  Ministry  of  rural  development  provides  financial  and  technical  support  to States/UTs for conducting the BPL Census to identify the families living be ow the poverty line in the rural areas who could be targeted under its programmes. The last BPL Census fo Tenth  Five  Year  Plan  period  was  conducted  in  2002  using  the  methodology  of  score  bas ranking  of  rural  households  for  which  13  socio - economic indicators/parameters/criteria  were used  on  the  recommendation  of  an  Expert  Group  constituted  by  the  Ministry  of  Rur Development.

## The 13 indicators are:

1. Size of land holding
2. Type of houses
3. Clothing
4. Food security
5. Sanitation
6. Ownership of consumer durables
7. Literacy status
8. Status of household lab our force
9. Means of livelihood
10. 10.Status of children
11. 11.Indebtedness
12. 12.Migration
13. 13.Preference of assistance

For each of these thirteen indicators, the households are awarded scores in a five po from 0 - 4. The scores are inversely related to the poverty and deprivation of the househ low  score  indicate  a  higher  level  of  poverty  and  deprivation  and  vi ce- versa.  For  each household, the scores from these 13 indicators are summed up to get aggregate score o household.  The  aggregate  score  of  a  household  can  range  from  a  minimum  of  zero  to maximum of 52. The households are arranged in ascending order to get the BPL list.

- (b) : A statement indicating State/UT - wise number of houses constructed under IAY since inception is given in the Annexure -I.
- ( c) : As per the census 2011,State/UT - wise number of families yet to be covered under IAY is given in the Annexure-II.
- (d): Yes, Madam. Indira AwaasYojana is an allocation based scheme in which the annual  allocation  is  made  as  per  pre - determined  criteria  uniformly  applicable  to  all  the States. Keeping in view the funds made available, the request of State s are considered while finalising the annual targets.
- (e ) : No, Madam.

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Annexure - I Houses constructed under IAY since inception

| S. No   | STATE             |   Houses constructed since inception |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                              3262184 |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                72910 |
| 3       | ASSAM             |                              1777401 |
| 4       | BIHAR             |                              6582049 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH      |                               488589 |
| 6       | GOA               |                                14153 |
| 7       | GUJARAT           |                              1322796 |
| 8       | HARYANA           |                               238934 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                89275 |
| 10      | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                               173371 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND         |                              1028545 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA         |                              1323668 |
| 13      | KERALA            |                               833748 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH    |                              1785621 |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA       |                              2206646 |
| 16      | MANIPUR           |                                47035 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA         |                               102705 |
| 18      | MIZORAM           |                                41425 |
| 19      | NAGALAND          |                               138574 |
| 20      | ORISSA            |                              2563429 |
| 21      | PUNJAB            |                               177051 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN         |                              1198889 |
| 23      | SIKKIM            |                                29299 |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU        |                              1669591 |
| 25      | TELANGANA         |                                57437 |
| 26      | TRIPURA           |                               216721 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH     |                              4466875 |
| 28      | UTTARANCHAL       |                               230025 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL       |                              2469430 |
| 30      | A&N ISLANDS       |                                 5339 |
| 31      | D&N HAVELI        |                                 1408 |
| 32      | DAMAN & DIU       |                                  526 |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP       |                                  882 |
| 34      | PONDICHERRY       |                                 3865 |
|         | T O T A L         |                             34620396 |

Progress as reported by States

## Number of Families yet to be covered under  IAY

|   Sl. No. | State/UT             |   Temporary houses in rural areas |   Houses constructed under IAY since 2011 | Units in number Families yet be covered   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|         1 | ANDHRA PRADESH       |                           2362041 |                                    561179 | 1800862                                   |
|         2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |                            130751 |                                      2175 | 128576                                    |
|         3 | ASSAM                |                           1881076 |                                    279532 | 1601544                                   |
|         4 | BIHAR                |                           6775071 |                                   1389320 | 5385751                                   |
|         5 | CHHATTIS GARH        |                            379982 |                                     85513 | 294469                                    |
|         6 | GOA                  |                              5408 |                                      1737 | 3671                                      |
|         7 | GUJARAT              |                            163560 |                                    172020 | - 8460                                    |
|         8 | HARYANA              |                            166401 |                                     24492 | 141909                                    |
|         9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH     |                             51011 |                                     14468 | 36543                                     |
|        10 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    |                            210844 |                                      8057 | 202787                                    |
|        11 | JHARKHAND            |                            726901 |                                    141901 | 585000                                    |
|        12 | KARNATAKA            |                            758332 |                                    306596 | 451736                                    |
|        13 | KERALA               |                            157783 |                                    146051 | 11732                                     |
|        14 | MADHYA PRADESH       |                           1321684 |                                    193408 | 1128276                                   |
|        15 | MAHARASHTRA          |                           1077835 |                                    378409 | 699426                                    |
|        16 | MANIPUR              |                             99140 |                                      6219 | 92921                                     |
|        17 | MEGHALAYA            |                            111300 |                                     21806 | 89494                                     |
|        18 | MIZORAM              |                             34610 |                                      3105 | 31505                                     |
|        19 | NAGALAND             |                             85961 |                                      1114 | 84847                                     |
|        20 | ODISHA               |                           3666401 |                                    250186 | 3416215                                   |
|        21 | PUNJAB               |                            143744 |                                      9209 | 134535                                    |
|        22 | RAJASTHAN            |                           1703902 |                                    258537 | 1445365                                   |
|        23 | SIKKIM               |                              8284 |                                      3746 | 4538                                      |
|        24 | TAMIL NADU           |                           2176039 |                                    141696 | 2034343                                   |
|        25 | TRIPURA              |                            111659 |                                     23056 | 88603                                     |
|        26 | UTTARAKHAND          |                             97522 |                                    541052 | - 443530                                  |
|        27 | UTTAR PRADESH        |                           6905484 |                                     20382 | 6885102                                   |
|        28 | WEST BENGAL          |                           3127847 |                                    445108 | 2682739                                   |
|        29 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |                              6964 |                                       801 | 6163                                      |
|        30 | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |                              1414 |                                         0 | 1414                                      |
|        31 | DAMAN & DIU          |                                93 |                                         2 | 91                                        |
|        32 | LAKSHADWEEP          |                               555 |                                         0 | 555                                       |
|        33 | PUDUCHERRY           |                             26228 |                                         0 | 26228                                     |

| Total   | 34475827   | 5430877   | 29044950   |
|---------|------------|-----------|------------|

Number of Temporary houses in rural areas from  Census 2011