Report of the expert group to advise the Ministry of Rural Development on the methodology for conducting the Below Poverty Line Census for 11th Five Year Plan

The Ministry of Rural Development in association with states/UTs conducts the BPL Census generally in the beginning of a Five Year Plan. The objective of the BPL Census is to identify the rural households living Below the Poverty Line who could be provided assistance under various programmes of the Ministry.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Ministry of Rural Development
Attachment(s): 
saxena_report.pdf
Tags:
Poverty, India, Rural Poverty, Planning, Consumption Patterns, Landless, Migration, Debt, Food Security