Poverty Alleviation: Chhattisgarh

Department of Panchayat & Rural Development

Govt. of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh at a glance
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State Created On 1 Nov 2000
Districts 27
Blocks 146
GPs 10,971
SC+ST population 43.44%
Inhabited villages 19567
Forest area 44%
Electrified villages 94%
Road Density 56.03 km
GDP growth Ser 15-16 7.07%
1564.40 Cr.
Fiscal deficit (16-17)
(2.88%)
 Human development Indicators
Indicators Chhattisgarh India Difference
Poverty (2011-12) 40% 22% 18
IMR (SRS - 2014) 46 40 6
MMR (SRS - 2009-12) 221 167 54
Literacy Rate (Census
70% 74% 4
2011)
Birth Rate 24 21 3
Death Rate 7.9 7 0.9
Child Malnutrition 48 40 8
Sex Ratio 991 943 48
Sex Ratio (0-6 years) 969 919 50
 Chhattisgarh: Poverty

Source Status

Dr. Tendulkar Committee 39.9 %

2011-12 (Rural 44.6%, Urban 24.8%),

Dr. C. Rangarajan 47.9 %

Committee 2011-12 (Rural 49.2%, Urban 43.7%)

One of the state with high poverty

Agro climatic Zone and Irrigation Facility
 80% HH dependent on
Agriculture and 76% small and 21%-5 dist
marginal farmers R-1510
NCA-18%
 Out of total 137.9 lakh hect Net 11%-irrigated
Cropped Area is 46.8 lakh hect.
 31% area irrigated.
51%-15 dist
 10.12 lakh hect double cropped. R-1245 mm
NCA-70%
 65% irrigation from sources 43 % irrigated
dependent on rain

Irrigation break up 28%- 7 dist

R-1468 mm
Canal 61 % NCA-14%
Ponds 2.90% 5% irrigated

Well 1.37%
Tube well and others 34.73%
Area under irrigation (in %)
Rural Poverty Situation of the State
 14 Districts
affected from
LWE overlapped
with low HDI
ranked districts
SECC 2011
 Automatic Inclusion

Total household (rural) 45,40,999

Automatically included HHs

WITHOUT SHELTER 7,083

DESTITUTES/LIVING ON ALMS 23,894

PRIMITIVE TRIBE GROUP 81,636

LEGALLY RELEASED BUOUNDED LABOURS 158

HH MANUAL SCAVENGERS 03

Total Automatically included categories 1,12,084

 Automatic Exclusion criteria
S No. Indicaters No. of Family
Households owning motorized two/three/four
1 493940
wheelers/fishing boat
Households owning mechanized three/four wheeler
2 52991
agricultural equipments
Households having kisan credit card with the credit
3 99072
limit of Rs.50,000 and above
Households with any member as government
4 198268
employee
Households with non-agricultural enterprises
5 25984
registered with government
Households with any member earning more than Rs.
6 145294
10,000 p.m
7 Households paying income tax 81909
8 Households paying professional tax 81909
Households with three or more rooms with pucca
9 279212
walls and pucca roof
10 Households owning refrigerator 149420
11 Households owning landline phones 30415
Households owning 2.5 acres or more irrigated land
12 71674
with at least one irrigation equipment
Household owning 5 acres or more land irrigated for
13 40120
two or more crop seasons
Households owning 7.5 acres or more land with at
14 51298
least one irrigation equipment
15 Atleast 1 exclusion criteria (18.05%) 819609
No. of Deprived Households with deprivation criteria

Only one room with kucha walls and kucha roof 13,14,420

No adult member between age 16 to 59 2,93,609

Female headed households with no adult male 3,08,440

member aged 16 to
Disabled member and no able bodied adult 36,889
member
SC/ST households 19,12,192

No literate adult above 25 years 15,38,616

Landless households deriving major part of 15,43,648

their income from manual casual labour
 No of Deprived Households with:

No. of HHs having Exactly 1 deprivation 10,06,602

Exactly 2 deprivation 11,11,148

Exactly 3 deprivation 6,66,087

Exactly 4 deprivation 2,82,851

Exactly 5 deprivation 88,021

Exactly 6 deprivation 23,180

Exactly 7 deprivation 1,438

 Focus Household : (No.)

Automatic inclusions: 1,12,084

Four or above deprivation criteria 3,95,490

Three or above deprivation criteria 10,61,577

Two or above deprivation criteria 21,72,725

 SUMMARY

8,19,609 (18.05%)
No. Of Family in Direct Exclusion Criteria

No Of Family in Direct Inclusion Criteria 1,12,084 (2.47%)

36,09,306
No Of Family Consider for Deprivation Criteria

No. Of Family Under Automatic inclusion+ up to Four 5,70,574 (11.18%)

Deprivation Criteria (7+6+5+4)

No. Of Family Under Automatic inclusion+ up to Three 11,73,661 (25.85%)

Deprivation Criteria (7+6+5+4+3)

No. Of Family Under Automatic inclusion+ up to Two 22,84,809 (50.32%)

Deprivation Criteria (7+6+5+4+3+2)

No. Of Family Under Automatic inclusion+ with all Seven 32,91,411 (72.48%)
Deprivation Criteria (7+6+5+4+3+2+1)
 Recommendation

1. Increase Net Cropped Area & Productivity

2. Increase in area under irrigation

3. Crop diversification

4. Legalize Share Cropping

5. Increase contribution of Agri. Allied sector

6. Support Price for more MFPs &value addition

7. Access to Banking services in rural/ remote areas

 Contd.
Recommendation

8. Skill upgradation
9. Quality and Vocational Education
10. Residential schools
11. Improved water, sanitation and nutrition
(households & Institutional).
12. Universalization of health facilities
13. Flexibility in IAY,5% with Dist Admin
14. Infrastructure Development in the LWE areas
Thanks