Lok Sabha Question No. 3302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Poverty Level in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3302

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

## POVERTY LEVEL IN RURAL AREAS

## 3302.   SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people who have exited and raised above the poverty line in the rural areas during the last one decade since 2007, State and year-wise;
- (b) the number of people who have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the rural areas during the last one decade since 2007, State and year-wise;
- (c) the details of the criteria and the changes in the criteria, if any, for identifying poverty and extreme poverty levels in rural areas;
- (d) the  details  of  the  steps  taken/being  taken  during  the  last  four  years  since  2014 specifically aimed at curbing rural poverty; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  outcomes  of  such  programmes and  the  extent  to  which  they  have achieved success?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) & (b): The erstwhile Planning Commission estimated poverty on the basis of monthly per  capita  consumption  expenditure  (MPCE)  as  criteria  for  defining  poverty  line  that separates poor from the non poor. The poverty lines and poverty ratios for 2011-12 have been computed following the Tendulkar methodology, according to which, the number of people living below poverty line in the rural areas of the country has reduced from 3266.6 lakh in 2004-05 to 2166.6 lakh in 2011-12. The State wise number of people living below poverty line in rural areas during 2004-05 and 2011-12 is given at Annexure.
- (c) : The Ministry of Rural Development conducted a combined Socio Economic and  Caste  Census  (SECC)  in  2011  to  generate  a  large  number  of  socio  and  economic indicators for ranking of households across the country for both rural & urban areas. SECC 2011 provides data on households regarding various aspects of their socio-economic status housing,  land-holding/landlessness,  educational  status,  status  of  women,  differently  abled, occupation, possession of assets, SC/ST households, incomes, etc and captures multidimensional  aspects  of  poverty.  The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  using  SECC 2011 data for selecting beneficiaries for its programmes/schemes.
- (d) &  (e):  The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  inter  alia,  is  implementing  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay  Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAYG), Pradhan Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  and  National  Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)  to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in

rural areas through  employment  generation,  strengthening  of  livelihood  opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic  amenities.  These  programmes  have  direct  and  indirect  bearing  on  the  reduction  of poverty. As per the reports/returns received from the state governments/UT Administrations, the  implementation  of  these  programmes  have  been  found  to  be  satisfactory.  Independent studies have also observed positive socio-economic impacts of rural development programmes in rural areas.

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## Annexure

## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No-3302

## due for answer on 15.03.2018 Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line by States in Rural areas during 2004-05 and 2011-12

(Tendulkar Committee)

|      |                     | 2004-05         | 2004-05                | 2011-12         | 2011-12                |
|------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| S.No | States              | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh      | 32.3            | 187.1                  | 11              | 61.8                   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh   | 33.6            | 2.9                    | 38.9            | 4.2                    |
| 3    | Assam               | 36.4            | 88.8                   | 33.9            | 92.1                   |
| 4    | Bihar               | 55.7            | 445.1                  | 34.1            | 320.4                  |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh        | 55.1            | 96.1                   | 44.6            | 88.9                   |
| 6    | Delhi               | 15.6            | 1.4                    | 12.9            | 0.5                    |
| 7    | Goa                 | 28.1            | 1.9                    | 6.8             | 0.4                    |
| 8    | Gujarat             | 39.1            | 130.1                  | 21.5            | 75.4                   |
| 9    | Haryana             | 24.8            | 39.3                   | 11.6            | 19.4                   |
| 10   | Himachal Pradesh    | 25.0            | 14.3                   | 8.5             | 5.3                    |
| 11   | Jammu &Kashmir      | 14.1            | 11.3                   | 11.5            | 10.7                   |
| 12   | Jharkhand           | 51.6            | 115.1                  | 40.8            | 104.1                  |
| 13   | Karnataka           | 37.5            | 135.0                  | 24.5            | 92.8                   |
| 14   | Kerala              | 20.2            | 49.5                   | 9.1             | 15.5                   |
| 15   | Madhya Pradesh      | 53.6            | 255.3                  | 35.7            | 191                    |
| 16   | Maharashtra         | 47.9            | 277.1                  | 24.2            | 150.6                  |
| 17   | Manipur             | 39.3            | 6.6                    | 38.8            | 7.4                    |
| 18   | Meghalaya           | 14.0            | 2.7                    | 12.5            | 3                      |
| 19   | Mizoram             | 23.0            | 1.1                    | 35.4            | 1.9                    |
| 20   | Nagaland            | 10.0            | 1.7                    | 19.9            | 2.8                    |
| 21   | Orissa              | 60.8            | 197.3                  | 35.7            | 126.1                  |
| 22   | Punjab              | 22.1            | 36.5                   | 7.7             | 13.4                   |
| 23   | Rajasthan           | 35.8            | 167.2                  | 16.1            | 84.2                   |
| 24   | Sikkim              | 31.8            | 1.6                    | 9.9             | 0.4                    |
| 25   | Tamil Nadu          | 37.5            | 125.6                  | 15.8            | 59.2                   |
| 26   | Tripura             | 44.5            | 12.3                   | 16.5            | 4.5                    |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh       | 42.7            | 604.7                  | 30.4            | 479.4                  |
| 28   | Uttarakhand         | 35.10           | 23.3                   | 11.6            | 8.2                    |
| 29   | West Bengal         | 38.2            | 231.2                  | 22.5            | 141.1                  |
| 30   | Puducherry          | 22.9            | 0.8                    | 17.1            | 0.7                    |
| 31   | A &NIslands         | -               | -                      | 1.6             | 0.04                   |
| 32   | Chandigarh          | -               | -                      | 1.6             | 0.004                  |
| 33   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | -               | -                      | 62.6            | 1.2                    |
| 34   | Daman &Diu          | -               | -                      | 0               | 0                      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep         | -               | -                      | 0               | 0                      |