Lok Sabha Question No. 6402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Effect of Demonetisation on BPL Population
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6402

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## EFFECT OF DEMONETISATION ON BPL POPULATION

## 6402.   SHRI P. KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details  of  the  population  in  the  country  living  below  poverty  line  before November, 2016, State-wise;
- (b) whether  there  has  been  an  increase  in  the  population,  which  has  gone  below  the poverty line post-demonetisation;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  people  who  have  lost  their  jobs  after  demonetisation,  State/  UTwise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a)to (c): The  poverty  lines  for  2011-12  were  estimated  by  the  erstwhile  Planning Commission following the Tendulkar methodology. The State wise number of people living Below Poverty Line in rural and urban areas as per the Tendulkar methodology is given at Annexure. However, no such estimation of poverty has been made post demonetization .

- (d):    No  survey/  study  has  been  conducted  in  this  regard  by  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 6402 due for answer on 05.04.2018

## Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line By States - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

|        |                     | Rural           | Rural                  | Urban           | Urban                  | Total           | Total                  |
|--------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| S. No. | States              | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      | 11              | 61.8                   | 5.8             | 17                     | 9.2             | 78.8                   |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh   | 38.9            | 4.2                    | 20.3            | 0.7                    | 34.7            | 4.9                    |
| 3      | Assam               | 33.9            | 92.1                   | 20.5            | 9.2                    | 32              | 101.3                  |
| 4      | Bihar               | 34.1            | 320.4                  | 31.2            | 37.8                   | 33.7            | 358.2                  |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh        | 44.6            | 88.9                   | 24.8            | 15.2                   | 39.9            | 104.1                  |
| 6      | Delhi               | 12.9            | 0.5                    | 9.8             | 16.5                   | 9.9             | 17                     |
| 7      | Goa                 | 6.8             | 0.4                    | 4.1             | 0.4                    | 5.1             | 0.8                    |
| 8      | Gujarat             | 21.5            | 75.4                   | 10.1            | 26.9                   | 16.6            | 102.2                  |
| 9      | Haryana             | 11.6            | 19.4                   | 10.3            | 9.4                    | 11.2            | 28.8                   |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh    | 8.5             | 5.3                    | 4.3             | 0.3                    | 8.1             | 5.6                    |
| 11     | Jammu& Kashmir      | 11.5            | 10.7                   | 7.2             | 2.5                    | 10.3            | 13.3                   |
| 12     | Jharkhand           | 40.8            | 104.1                  | 24.8            | 20.2                   | 37              | 124.3                  |
| 13     | Karnataka           | 24.5            | 92.8                   | 15.3            | 37                     | 20.9            | 129.8                  |
| 14     | Kerala              | 9.1             | 15.5                   | 5               | 8.5                    | 7.1             | 23.9                   |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh      | 35.7            | 191                    | 21              | 43.1                   | 31.6            | 234.1                  |
| 16     | Maharashtra         | 24.2            | 150.6                  | 9.1             | 47.4                   | 17.4            | 197.9                  |
| 17     | Manipur             | 38.8            | 7.4                    | 32.6            | 2.8                    | 36.9            | 10.2                   |
| 18     | Meghalaya           | 12.5            | 3                      | 9.3             | 0.6                    | 11.9            | 3.6                    |
| 19     | Mizoram             | 35.4            | 1.9                    | 6.4             | 0.4                    | 20.4            | 2.3                    |
| 20     | Nagaland            | 19.9            | 2.8                    | 16.5            | 1                      | 18.9            | 3.8                    |
| 21     | Orissa              | 35.7            | 126.1                  | 17.3            | 12.4                   | 32.6            | 138.5                  |
| 22     | Punjab              | 7.7             | 13.4                   | 9.2             | 9.8                    | 8.3             | 23.2                   |
| 23     | Rajasthan           | 16.1            | 84.2                   | 10.7            | 18.7                   | 14.7            | 102.9                  |
| 24     | Sikkim              | 9.9             | 0.4                    | 3.7             | 0.1                    | 8.2             | 0.5                    |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu          | 15.8            | 59.2                   | 6.5             | 23.4                   | 11.3            | 82.6                   |
| 26     | Tripura             | 16.5            | 4.5                    | 7.4             | 0.8                    | 14              | 5.2                    |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh       | 30.4            | 479.4                  | 26.1            | 118.8                  | 29.4            | 598.2                  |
| 28     | Uttarakhand         | 11.6            | 8.2                    | 10.5            | 3.4                    | 11.3            | 11.6                   |
| 29     | West Bengal         | 22.5            | 141.1                  | 14.7            | 43.8                   | 20              | 185                    |
| 30     | Puducherry          | 17.1            | 0.7                    | 6.3             | 0.6                    | 9.7             | 1.2                    |
| 31     | A &NIslands         | 1.6             | 0.04                   | 0               | 0                      | 1               | 0.04                   |
| 32     | Chandigarh          | 1.6             | 0.004                  | 22.3            | 2.3                    | 21.8            | 2.3                    |
| 33     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 62.6            | 1.2                    | 15.4            | 0.3                    | 39.3            | 1.4                    |
| 34     | Daman& Diu          | 0               | 0                      | 12.6            | 0.3                    | 9.9             | 0.3                    |
| 35     | Lakshadweep         | 0               | 0                      | 3.4             | 0.02                   | 2.8             | 0.02                   |
|        | All India           | 25.7            | 2166.6                 | 13.7            | 531.2                  | 21.9            | 2697.8                 |