Lok Sabha Question No. 480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: Beneficiaries under IAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTRARRED QUESTION NO.480 TO BE ANS WERED ON 23.07.2015

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER IAY

## 480. SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL: SHRI KN. RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- the normslguidelines adopted for identification of BPL families in the country;
- the total number of beneficiaries covered under the IAY in the country since inception; State/UT-wise
- the total number of homeless  families yet to be covered under IAY in the   country, State/UT-wise
- whether the Government has received any request from the States for increasing the number of beneficiaries under IAY;
- if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- whether the Government has recently conducted any assessment/ evaluation of [AY and if the details and the outcome thereof? SO,

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

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

## The 13 indicators are:

- 1 Size of land holding
- 2 Type of houses
- A Food security
- 3\_ Clothing
- Sanitation
- 6\_ Ownership of consumer durables
- 7 Literacy status
- 8\_ Status of household labur force
- Means of livelihood
10. Status of children
11. Indebtedness
- 12 Migration
13. Preference of assistance

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

- (b): A statement indicating   StatelUT-wise  number of houses  constructed under IA Y since inception is given in the Annexure-I.
- (c) As per the census 2011,State/UT-wise number of families to be covered under IAY is given in the Annexure-II: yet
- (d) & (e) Yes; Madam. Indira Awaas Yojana 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 States are considered while finalising the annual targets.
- (f) Madam.

Ammexare-[ Houses constructed under IAY since inception

Progress as reported by States

| S. No   | STATE             | Houses constructed since inception   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 3262184                              |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 72909                                |
|         | ASSAM             | 1764876                              |
| 4       | BIHAR             | 6570899                              |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH      | 485271                               |
| 6       | GOA               | 14153                                |
| 7       | GUJARAT           | 1319846                              |
| 8       | HARYANA           | 236013                               |
|         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 89154                                |
| 10      | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                                      |
| 11      | JHARKHAND         | 1023139                              |
| 12      | KARNATAKA         | 1322430                              |
| 13      | KERALA            | 830987                               |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH    | 1784073                              |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA       | 2200839                              |
| 16      | MANIPUR           | 47029                                |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA         | 102688                               |
| 18      | MIZORAM           | 41425                                |
| 19      | NAGALAND          | 138574                               |
| 20      | ORISSA            | 2498883                              |
| 21      | PUNJAB            | 177051                               |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN         | 1184503                              |
| 23      | SIKKIM            | 29272                                |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU        | 1669394                              |
| 25      | TELANGANA         | 57437                                |
| 26      | TRIPURA           | 216121                               |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH     | 4449912                              |
| 28      | UTTARANCHAL       | 228053                               |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL       | 2375548                              |
| 30      | A&N ISLANDS       | 5339                                 |
| 31      | D&N HAVELI        | 1408                                 |
| 32      | DAMAN & DIU       | 526                                  |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP       | 882                                  |
| 34      | PONDICHERRY       | 3865                                 |
|         | TOTAL             | 34378054                             |

## Number of Families to be covered under IAY yet

|    |                       | Temporary houses in rural areas   | Houses constructed under IAY since 2011   |   Families yet to be covered |
|----|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|    | 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 |
|    | GOA                   | 5408                              | 1737                                      |                         3671 |
|    | GUJARAT               | 163560                            | 172020                                    |                        -8460 |
|    | HARYANA               | 166401                            | 24492                                     |                       141909 |
|    | 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                |                                   | 250186                                    |                      3416215 |
| 21 | PUNJAB                | 143744                            | 9209                                      |                       134535 |
| 22 |                       | 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                              |                                           |                         1414 |
| 31 | DAMAN & DIU           | 93                                | 2                                         |                           91 |
| 32 | LAKSHADWEEP           | 555                               | 0                                         |                          555 |
| 33 | PUDUCHERRY            | 26228                             |                                           |                        26228 |
|    | Total                 | 34475827                          | 5430877                                   |                     29044950 |

Number of Temporary houses in areas from  Census 2011 rural

## Units in number