Shimla, Jan. 31 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has directed the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department to begin the fourth phase of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) identification survey from February 1, 2026, according to an official release.

Chairing a departmental meeting here today, the Chief Minister said the State Government was committed to ensuring that every eligible family was included in the BPL list so they could access benefits under various government welfare schemes. He added that the survey was being conducted in five phases to ensure that no deserving poor family was deprived of its rightful entitlements.

As per a release, in the first three phases of the survey, a total of 59,829 BPL fam...