Key Findings of Socio Economic Survey. Socio Economic and Caste Census released the data of survey of rural areas of India. The data was released by Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitly and Rural development minister Mr. Rao Birender Singh. The survey was commissioned by the government four years ago. It was done with reference to the data collected from 640 districts and 17.91 crore rural families. The socio economic caste census was conducted in 2011-12 but was extended till 2013 in some states due to the lengthy procedure. The survey took place in two phases. Rural and Urban. The rural survey has been disclosed recently and urban data is yet to be announced.
The survey has some distinct statistics that every SSB aspirant must know to boost his points in Group Discussion, lecture and will surely leave a good impact on interviewing officer.
– Survey in rural areas has shown some eyebrow raising outcomes that shows the current status of India’s rural section. It shows that most of the rural population is engaged in unorganized jobs. Here are its facts and figures:
- 49% of the rural population reported having signs of poverty.
- 51% of rural families earn from manual labour.
- Nearly 26% households have livelihood from cultivation.
- Some 2.37 crore houses are either kuccha wall / roof or one room or less.
- About 1/4th of the rural families have any literate adult of age 25 or above.
- 1/3 rural families are landless.
- About 21.5% rural families belong to SC/ST.
- 2 out of every 10 house has a motorized vehicle.
- 68% of rural families have mobile phones. A positive approach toward modernization.
- 92% of rural families survive on less than 10k per month.
- Only 4.58 % of household pat tax
The survey commented that the rural households of Haryana, Punjab, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Gujarat have shown good outcomes as compared to that of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bengal.
-Some sources accessed the stats of urban areas which are not disclosed by the government. The urban survey data is to be released later. The stats revealed some interesting data. The survey was recorded over 6.5 crore urban families and recorded the following stats.
- 35 lakh urban families don’t have any income source.
- Most interestingly about 90 lakh houses have women as the head of family.
- 90% of urban families have electricity facility
- Less than 10 % families don’t have source of drinking water in their home.
- 40k households have a member as rag picker.
Stats speaks better then comments and assumptions. This survey has shown that how the Indian rural and urban areas are going in this era when India’s development is the top priority. Some counts gave some positive results, but some are yet to be improved. Survey of an urban area also showed some sections of disappointment. But implementation of schemes and plans and government’s full support to a common man can overcome the problems. Low access to digital services and income, infrastructure problem and several others are making the problem more intense. Engagement of 90% of rural in unsalaried works seems to be a major cause of decelerating rural development.
What are your views or suggestions to improve the rate of development of rural part of India?
