Lok Sabha Question No. 534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Rural Household Income
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

- (a) whether income of 75 per cent rural families in the country is less than Rs. 5 thousand per month as per social-economic-caste-census-2011 (SECC-2011);
- (b) if so, the details of such census, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has considered any special scheme for the rural areas of the country including Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha which are bearing the brunt of poverty as per SECC-2011; and
- (d) if not, the time by which such scheme is likely to be prepared along with the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a).  No, Sir.
- (b).  However, according to the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC-2011), the  percentage  of  rural  households  having  monthly  income  of  highest  earning household  member of    less  than  Rs.  5000  is  74.5  per  cent  at  all  India  level.  The State wise details are at Annexure.
- (c). To address issues and concerns of members of the deprived sections of society in  rural  areas    including  those  whose  deprivation  is  because  of  caste,  there  are schemes to provide food, housing, education, scholarship for education, hostels for schooling, health, social assistance and old age and other forms of pension. This is done through major programmmes  namely  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  for  wage  employment,  National  Rural Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM)  renamed  as  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  for  livelihoods  promotion  through  selfemployment, Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) for rural housing. National Social Assistance Programme  (NSAP)  for  social  assistance  to  rural  poor.    These  schemes  are  in partnership with all the States including Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, who partly fund them and also implement them.
- (d). Does not arise.

Annexure Annexure with refernce to reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 534 due for reply on 26.02.2016

| States/Uts               | Total Households (Rural)   | Monthly income of highest earning household member is < Rs. 5000 (Rural)   | Monthly income of highest earning household member is < Rs. 5000 (Rural)   |
|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                          | in number                  | in number                                                                  | in per cent                                                                |
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS | 68481                      | 34736                                                                      | 50.72                                                                      |

| ANDHRA PRADESH     |   9344180 |   7430191 |   79.52 |
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |    201510 |    144676 |   71.8  |
| ASSAM              |   5743835 |   4416524 |   76.89 |
| BIHAR              |  17829066 |  12667269 |   71.05 |
| CHANDIGARH         |     15657 |      7046 |   45    |
| CHHATTISGARH       |   4539617 |   4120929 |   90.78 |
| DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI |     45352 |     31371 |   69.17 |
| DAMANAND DIU       |     31795 |     14491 |   45.58 |
| GOA                |    220731 |     88335 |   40.02 |
| GUJARAT            |   6920473 |   4752481 |   68.67 |
| HARYANA            |   2969509 |   1750716 |   58.96 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH   |   1263500 |    676312 |   53.53 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR     |   1601606 |   1080174 |   67.44 |
| JHARKHAND          |   5044234 |   3866210 |   76.65 |
| KARNATAKA          |   8048664 |   5560356 |   69.08 |
| KERALA             |   6319215 |   4471062 |   70.75 |
| LAKSHADWEEP        |     10929 |      4713 |   43.12 |
| MADHYA PRADESH     |  11288946 |   9424603 |   83.49 |
| MAHARASHTRA        |  13736107 |   9739678 |   70.91 |
| MANIPUR            |    448163 |    290868 |   64.9  |
| MEGHALAYA          |    485897 |    363652 |   74.84 |
| MIZORAM            |    111626 |     85974 |   77.02 |
| NAGALAND           |    284310 |    198496 |   69.82 |
| NCT OF DELHI       |   1051097 |    307524 |   29.26 |
| ODISHA             |   8622572 |   7578052 |   87.89 |
| PUDUCHERRY         |    115249 |     80134 |   69.53 |
| PUNJAB             |   3269467 |   1881889 |   57.56 |
| RAJASTHAN          |  10223073 |   7474932 |   73.12 |
| SIKKIM             |     88723 |     64762 |   72.99 |
| TAMILNADU          |  10088119 |   7868873 |   78    |
| TELANGANA          |   5643187 |   4248804 |   75.29 |
| TRIPURA            |    693469 |    553240 |   79.78 |
| UTTAR PRADESH      |  26015544 |  18635325 |   71.63 |
| UTTARAKHAND        |   1479742 |    938356 |   63.41 |
| WEST BENGAL        |  15756750 |  12994091 |   82.47 |
| ALL INDIA          | 179620372 | 133846828 |   74.52 |

Source: Ministry of Rural Development