Lok Sabha Question No. 606 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: Landless BPL Families
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, BHAGWANTH KHUBA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 606 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23-07-2015

Landless BPL Families

606. SHRI CR PATIL: SHRI ELUMALAI V: SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- a) the achievements made in the country with regard to land reforms, State-wise;
2. (c) if so, the details of the land distributed/houses allotted during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
3. (b) whether there is any plan to distribute landslallot houses to the landless people/farmers belonging to SCISTIOBC and Below Poverty Line in various States;
4. whether  many States have not submitted any proposal to Government  for the abovementioned purpose; and
5. (e) whether the Government have any monitoring mechanism to supervise and guide the land reform works done by the State Governments and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a to e): Land and its management falls within the legislative and administrative jurisdiction of the  respective States as provided under No.18 of List Schedule to the Constitution. The role of the Central Government in the field of land reforms is only of an advisory and coordinating nature: As per information received from the States/UTs, an area of 68.45 lakh acres has been declared surplus; of which 61.48 lakh acres areas has been taken possession of and 50.94 Iakh Out of the total 50.94 lakh acres area distributed, acres area have been distributed t0 SCs, STs and other beneficiaries respectively: The State Governments/UT Administrations have been   requested from time to time for effective implementation of land reforms programmes/schemes including  distribution of land. State-wise details are annexed. Entry surplus

| Si_ No                 | Area                    | DECLARED SURPLUS   | Area TAKEN   | Area DISTRIBUTED TOTAL + 10 + 12)   | INDIVIDUAL BENEFICIARIES (7 SC BENEFICIARIES (8 + 9 + 11)   | Sc/ST BENEFICIARIES   | Sc/ST BENEFICIARIES   | Sc/ST BENEFICIARIES   | Sc/ST BENEFICIARIES   | Other BENEFICARIES   | Other BENEFICARIES   |
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|                        |                         |                    | POSSESSIO    | To BENEFICIARIES                    |                                                             |                       |                       | ST BENEFICIARIES      | ST BENEFICIARIES      |                      |                      |
|                        |                         |                    |              |                                     |                                                             | No_                   | Area                  |                       | AREA                  | No.                  | AREA                 |
|                        |                         |                    |              |                                     |                                                             |                       |                       |                       | 10                    | 11                   | 12                   |
|                        | Andhra                  | 791638             | 643948       | 561717                              | 466803                                                      | 198869                | 224285                | 71757                 | 107796                | 196177               | 229636               |
|                        | Assam                   | 613405             | 575337       | 545875                              | 445862                                                      | 43723                 | 86069                 | 42365                 | 58986                 | 359774               | 400820               |
| 3                      | Bihar Chhattisgarh      | 523504 75081       | 431310 72183 | 353358 60681                        | 461136 27452                                                | 271437 6057           | 202892 10367          | 41973 9608            | 34156 29047           | 147726 11787         | 116310 21267         |
| 5                      | Gujarat                 | 237547             | 181410       | 163050                              | 37219                                                       | 16682                 | 101186                | 16045                 | 35638                 | 4492                 | 26226                |
|                        | Haryana Himachal        | 105783             | 101932       | 101166                              | 29351                                                       | 12687                 | 43672                 |                       |                       | 16664                | 57494                |
|                        |                         | 316556             | 304895       | 6167                                | 6259                                                        | 3912                  | 2727                  | 329                   | 245                   | 2018                 | 3195                 |
| 8                      | Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir | 8836               |              |                                     |                                                             |                       |                       |                       |                       |                      |                      |
|                        | Jharkhand*              |                    |              | 860                                 | 1316                                                        | 487                   | 310                   | 328                   | 277                   | 501                  | 273                  |
| 10 Karnataka           |                         | 174087             | 166793       | 235458                              | 57667                                                       | 33518                 | 130735                | 4084                  | 16642                 | 20065                | 88081                |
| 11 Kerala              | 133399                  |                    | 100017       | 70833                               | 168841                                                      | 61267                 | 24561                 | 10325                 | 7870                  | 97249                | 38402                |
| 12 Madhya Pradesh      | 223264                  |                    | 190449       | 134202                              | 47061                                                       | 16046                 | 38911                 | 18385                 | 51315                 | 12630                | 43976                |
| 13 Maharashtra**       | 725078                  | 670815             |              | 634158                              |                                                             | 41039                 | 158810                | 29998                 | 100436                | 68718                | 374912               |
| 14 Manipur             | 1830                    |                    | 1685         | 1682                                | 1258                                                        | 82                    | 128                   | 70                    |                       | 1106                 | 1457                 |
| 15 Odisha              | 184713                  |                    | 175066       | 160633                              | 143474                                                      | 49081                 | 51317                 | 53208                 | 66462                 | 41185                | 42854                |
| 16 Punjab              | 144999                  | 104315             |              | 98691                               | 28334                                                       | 11621                 | 42247                 |                       |                       | 16713                | 56444                |
| 17 Rajasthan           | 592927                  |                    | 564464       | 453531                              | 77655                                                       | 26496                 | 135383                | 11361                 | 48131                 | 39798                | 270017               |
| 18 Tamil Nadu          |                         | 208442             | 200312       | 190703                              | 150905                                                      | 66485                 | 71383                 | 240                   | 322                   | 84180                | 118998               |
| 19 Tripura             | 1995                    |                    | 1994         | 1599                                | 1424                                                        | 256                   | 218                   | 359                   | 448                   | 809                  | 933                  |
| 20 Uttar Pradesh       | 371323                  |                    | 343047       | 267248                              | 305394                                                      | 209225                | 185419                | 525                   | 998                   | 95644                | 80831                |
| 21 West Bengal         | 1407927                 |                    | 1317214      | 1051731                             | 3126527                                                     | 1147354               | 393009                | 552369                | 224731                | 1426804              | 433991               |
| 22 D&N Haveli          |                         |                    |              |                                     |                                                             |                       |                       |                       |                       |                      |                      |
| 23 Delhi               | 1132                    | 394                |              | 394                                 | 654                                                         | 495                   | 277                   |                       |                       | 159                  | 117                  |
| 24 |Pudducherry   | 2326                    |                    | 1286         | 1070                                | 1464                                                        | 858                   | 640                   |                       |                       | 606                  | 430                  |
| TOTAL Of LAND IN ACRES |                         | 6845792            | 6148866      | 5094807                             | 5725811                                                     | 2217677               | 1904546               | 863329                | 783597                | 2644805              | 2406664              |