Lok Sabha Question No. 2144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Purchasing Power of the People
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2144

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 15 TH  MARCH, 2017

## PURCHASING POWER OF THE PEOPLE

2144. SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of poor people in the country according to the household  expenditure  data  from  the  latest  National  Sample Survey Organisation(NSSO) and State/UT-wise details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  purchasing  power  of  the  people  is  increasing leading to change in spending habits of the people in rural areas and towns in comparison to the people from the metropolitan region in the country;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the reasons for such change in spending habits of the people in rural and urban areas of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  FOR  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  [SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA]

(a):  The  erstwhile Planning Commission estimated the number of people living below the poverty line from the Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure carried out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The latest data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure have been collected by NSSO in its 68 th  round conducted in 2011-12. Based on this data, the erstwhile Planning Commission estimated poverty lines and poverty ratio in 2011-12 following the extant Tendulkar Committee methodology. The State/UT-wise details of percentage  of  poor  people  in  2011-12,  as  estimated  by  the  erstwhile Planning Commission, are given in the Statement at Annexure. (b)  to  (d):  Based  on  its  survey  on  Household  Consumer  Expenditure Surveys,  the  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  gives  estimates  of average Household Monthly Per Capita Consumer Expenditure (MPCE) for rural  and  urban  areas.  As  per  the  results  of  Household  Consumer Expenditure  surveys  conducted  by  NSSO  in  its  66th  (July,  2009  -  June, 2010) and 68th (July, 2011 - June, 2012) rounds, the average Monthly Per Capita Consumer Expenditure (Mixed Reference Period) at constant prices (1987-88  base)  has  increased  by  7.25%  per  annum  in  rural  areas  and 5.86%  per  annum  in  urban  areas  between  2009-10  and  2011-12.  This shows  that  the  increase  in  average  monthly  per  capita  expenditure  in rural areas is higher as compared to urban areas during 2009-10 to 201112. Government has given priority to agriculture and rural development with a view  to  generating  adequate  productive  employment  and  to  accelerate the growth rate of the rural economy. For the development of infrastructure  in  the  villages,  the  Government  is  implementing  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. The Ministry of Rural Development has been implementing  major  schemes  in  areas  of  rural  employment  generation, rural housing, rural infrastructure, area development, and social assistance to target groups, which are intended to develop the rural areas and  particularly  the  villages  by  ways  of  increasing  the  income  and improving the standard of living of the rural population.

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Annexure

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2144 for 15.03.2017

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## Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

| States/UTs              |   Rural |   Urban |   Total |
|-------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh          |   10.96 |    5.81 |    9.2  |
| Arunachal               |   38.93 |   20.33 |   34.67 |
| Pradesh Assam           |   33.89 |   20.49 |   31.98 |
| Bihar                   |   34.06 |   31.23 |   33.74 |
| Chhattisgarh            |   44.61 |   24.75 |   39.93 |
| Delhi                   |   12.92 |    9.84 |    9.91 |
| Goa                     |    6.81 |    4.09 |    5.09 |
| Gujarat                 |   21.54 |   10.14 |   16.63 |
| Haryana                 |   11.64 |   10.28 |   11.16 |
| Himachal                |    8.48 |    4.33 |    8.06 |
| Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir |   11.54 |    7.2  |   10.35 |
| Jharkhand               |   40.84 |   24.83 |   36.96 |
| Karnataka               |   24.53 |   15.25 |   20.91 |
| Kerala                  |    9.14 |    4.97 |    7.05 |
| Madhya Pradesh          |   35.74 |   21    |   31.65 |
| Maharashtra             |   24.22 |    9.12 |   17.35 |
| Manipur                 |   38.8  |   32.59 |   36.89 |
| Meghalaya               |   12.53 |    9.26 |   11.87 |
| Mizoram                 |   35.43 |    6.36 |   20.4  |
| Nagaland                |   19.93 |   16.48 |   18.88 |
| Odisha                  |   35.69 |   17.29 |   32.59 |
| Punjab                  |    7.66 |    9.24 |    8.26 |
| Rajasthan               |   16.05 |   10.69 |   14.71 |

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## Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

| States/UTs           |   Rural |   Urban |   Total |
|----------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Sikkim               |    9.85 |    3.66 |    8.19 |
| Tamil Nadu           |   15.83 |    6.54 |   11.28 |
| Tripura              |   16.53 |    7.42 |   14.05 |
| Uttarakhand          |   11.62 |   10.48 |   11.26 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |   30.4  |   26.06 |   29.43 |
| West Bengal          |   22.52 |   14.66 |   19.98 |
| Puducherry           |   17.06 |    6.3  |    9.69 |
| A&N Islands          |    1.57 |    0    |    1    |
| Chandigarh           |    1.64 |   22.31 |   21.81 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |   62.59 |   15.38 |   39.31 |
| Daman & Diu          |    0    |   12.62 |    9.86 |
| Lakshadweep          |    0    |    3.44 |    2.77 |
| All India            |   25.7  |   13.7  |   21.92 |