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Re-survey BPL-free panchayats to update BPL family lists

Indian National Congress · Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2022

Last updated 27 Jun 2026

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“Across Himachal, in panchayats declared BPL-free, a fresh survey will be conducted to update the list of BPL families.”

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The government genuinely carried out the promised re-survey: from April 2025 it launched a comprehensive multi-phase BPL revision with new criteria, SDM and BDO verification committees and a raised income ceiling, adding tens of thousands of families. However, execution cut against the inclusion intent: stricter parameters caused large-scale removals, with opposition figures citing 80-95% exclusions in some blocks, and a sustained anti-poor backlash prompted the government to relax criteria mid-process. The MGNREGA work-days threshold was cut from 100 to 80 to 50 days. The survey and update was delivered, but its contested outcome falls short of clean fulfilment, hence partial. Budget: the exercise is welfare-linked and was conducted by the Rural Development Department.