Full Form Of BPL

There are two full forms of BPL.

What is the full form of BPL?

The first full form of BPL is the Below Poverty Line, an economic standard set by the GoI to identify the lower-income people of the community who are in urgent need of assistance from the government. Individuals whose earnings fall below a certain set line of income come under BPL. This line of income is set by the government.

History of BPL

• In 1962 the planning commission proposed that a minimum amount of expenditure of Rs 20 per person in rural communities and Rs. 25 per person in urban areas is necessary to live (with the exception of schooling and healthcare as they are provided by the state government).
• Further in the 1970s, this criterion received modifications, and the new lower BPL level became Rs. 49.1 and Rs. 56.7 respectively.
• In 1993, a group of experts separately specified the poverty line for each state.
• Further in 2012, the rate of the poverty line in rural India reached Rs. 972, and Rs. 1,407 in urban India.
• In 2014, the Rangarajan Panel said that the country’s 38 percent of the population is living below the poverty line.

Criteria defining BPL

Following are some criteria that define BPL:

1. House type
2. Infant status
3. Consumer durables
4. Food Security
5. Literacy status
6. Landholding
7. Sanitation
8. Clothes

What is the full form of BPL?

The other full form of BPL is the British Physical Laboratories Group, an Indian electronics company and a trusted brand in the consumer-resilient sector that specializes in the manufacturing of electronics and digital products. It has its head office in Bangalore, India, and has three subsidiaries namely, Bharat Energy Ventures, BPL Display Systems, and BPL Securities. Its supply chain comprises more than 7000 distributors.

History of BPL

• Founded in 1963 in Palakkad, Kerala.
• A single product organization famous for developing high meticulousness panel monitors for security systems.
• Collaborated with Fukuda Electric Co, Japan, and started manufacturing electrocardiographs in 1967.
• Started the production of Power Line Carrier communications systems in 1967.
• Established its marketing and sales division in 1975 and entered the consumer electronics industry in 1982.
• Started the production of telephone equipment and EPABX in 1984.
• Accepted the industrial license to build VCRs in 1985 in collaboration with Sanyo.
• Started manufacturing kitchen appliances in 1994.
• Launched the Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra mobile telephone services in 1995.
• In 2000, it established a tactical alliance with a Slovenian engineering firm and started production in Europe.
• In 2001, founded state-of-art design and analysis centers at BPL Telecom for software and system solutions.
• Entered into a joint business enterprise with Sanyo in 2005 for the production and marketing of CTV.
• In July 2015, Flipkart became BPL’s exclusive online retailer.

Famous products

Following are some famous products of BPL:

1. Home Theatre
2. Landline Phones
3. Televisions
4. Energy communications equipment
5. Medical equipment
6. Home UPS
7. Cooking hubs
8. Home lighting
9. Gag tables