Lok Sabha Question No. 6253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Poverty Ratio
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: MAUSAM NOOR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 6253 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## POVERTY RATIO

## 6253. SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a) whether according to the latest National Sample Survey Organization, the poverty ratio in the country has increased in the rural and urban areas and if so, the details of assessed poverty ratio in the rural and urban areas separately in the said survey, State/UT-wise; and

(b) the details of the methodology adopted in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT & MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) & (b): The latest data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure has been collected by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in 2011-12. The poverty ratio for 2011-12  have  been  computed  following  the  methodology  recommended  by  Expert  Group under the chairmanship of Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar and these have been released through a Press Note issued on 22 nd July 2013. According to this Press Note, the poverty ratio in the country has come down from 37.2 percent in 2004-05 to 21.9 percent in 2011-12. In rural areas, it has reduced from 41.8 percent during 2004-05 to 25.7 percent during 2011-12. Whereas, in urban areas, the poverty ratio has declined from 25.7 percent to 13.7 percent during the same period. The State-wise poverty ratios in 2004-05 and 2011-12 are given at Annexure .

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Annexure

Percentage of population living below poverty line in 2004-05 & 2011-12

(Tendulkar Methodology)

|                   | 2004-05   | 2004-05   | 2004-05   | 2011-12   | 2011-12   | 2011-12   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State             | Rural     | Urban     | Total     | Rural     | Urban     | Total     |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 32.3      | 23.4      | 29.9      | 11        | 5.8       | 9.2       |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 33.6      | 23.5      | 31.1      | 38.9      | 20.3      | 34.7      |
| Assam             | 36.4      | 21.8      | 34.4      | 33.9      | 20.5      | 32        |
| Bihar             | 55.7      | 43.7      | 54.4      | 34.1      | 31.2      | 33.7      |
| Chhattisgarh      | 55.1      | 28.4      | 49.4      | 44.6      | 24.8      | 39.9      |
| Delhi             | 15.6      | 12.9      | 13.1      | 12.9      | 9.8       | 9.9       |
| Goa               | 28.1      | 22.2      | 25        | 6.8       | 4.1       | 5.1       |
| Gujarat           | 39.1      | 20.1      | 31.8      | 21.5      | 10.1      | 16.6      |
| Haryana           | 24.8      | 22.4      | 24.1      | 11.6      | 10.3      | 11.2      |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 25        | 4.6       | 22.9      | 8.5       | 4.3       | 8.1       |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | 14.1      | 10.4      | 13.2      | 11.5      | 7.2       | 10.3      |
| Jharkhand         | 51.6      | 23.8      | 45.3      | 40.8      | 24.8      | 37        |
| Karnataka         | 37.5      | 25.9      | 33.4      | 24.5      | 15.3      | 20.9      |
| Kerala            | 20.2      | 18.4      | 19.7      | 9.1       | 5         | 7.1       |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 53.6      | 35.1      | 48.6      | 35.7      | 21        | 31.6      |
| Maharashtra       | 47.9      | 25.6      | 38.1      | 24.2      | 9.1       | 17.4      |
| Manipur           | 39.3      | 34.5      | 38        | 38.8      | 32.6      | 36.9      |
| Meghalaya         | 14        | 24.7      | 16.1      | 12.5      | 9.3       | 11.9      |
| Mizoram           | 23        | 7.9       | 15.3      | 35.4      | 6.4       | 20.4      |
| Nagaland          | 10        | 4.3       | 9         | 19.9      | 16.5      | 18.9      |
| Orissa            | 60.8      | 37.6      | 57.2      | 35.7      | 17.3      | 32.6      |
| Puducherry        | 22.9      | 9.9       | 14.1      | 17.1      | 6.3       | 9.7       |
| Punjab            | 22.1      | 18.7      | 20.9      | 7.7       | 9.2       | 8.3       |
| Rajasthan         | 35.8      | 29.7      | 34.4      | 16.1      | 10.7      | 14.7      |
| Sikkim            | 31.8      | 25.9      | 31.1      | 9.9       | 3.7       | 8.2       |
| Tamil Nadu        | 37.5      | 19.7      | 28.9      | 15.8      | 6.5       | 11.3      |
| Tripura           | 44.5      | 22.5      | 40.6      | 16.5      | 7.4       | 14        |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 42.7      | 34.1      | 40.9      | 30.4      | 26.1      | 29.4      |
| Uttarakhand       | 35.1      | 26.2      | 32.7      | 11.6      | 10.5      | 11.3      |
| West Bengal       | 38.2      | 24.4      | 34.3      | 22.5      | 14.7      | 20        |
| All India         | 41.8      | 25.7      | 37.2      | 25.7      | 13.7      | 21.9      |