Outlook
- A scoreboard ranking system based on socio-economic indicators rather than the income-expenditure approach in the BPL census 1992 and 1997 was introduced.
- The identification and sub-categorisation of the poor was based on 13 indicators; each surveyed family was given scores on a scale of 0 to 4. The indicators included size of land holding; type of house; availability of clothing per person; food security; sanitation; possession of consumer durables; literacy; status of household in labour force; means of livelihood; status of children; type of indebtedness; reasons for migration in case of a migrant household; and preference for assistance from among various schemes.
- Only those families with low scores qualified for the BPL category.
