Lok Sabha Question No. 1658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Estimation of Poverty
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1658 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## ESTIMATION OF POVERTY

## 1658.  SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any estimation of the country's poor population and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the percentage of poor population in the country as per the latest household expenditure data of NSSO, State/UT-wise;

(b) the poverty alleviation schemes launched during the last three years;

(c) whether the Government has taken any initiative to evaluate the outcome of these poverty alleviation programmes and if so, the details and the outcome thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d)  the  funds  allocated/released/spent  on  the  said  programmes  during  the  said  period, programme-wise; and

(e) whether the Government calculates the level of inequality in the country and if so, the details and the methodology thereof along with the overall income, wealth and consumption inequality reported during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) The official poverty estimates are based on data of Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer  Expenditure  carried  out  by  the  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  of  the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The latest data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure has been collected by NSSO in its 68 th round conducted in  2011-12.  The  poverty  estimates  for  2011-12  have  been  computed  following  the  extant Tendulkar methodology and these have been released through a Press Note issued on 22nd July 2013. The State/UT-wise poverty estimates for 2011-12 are given at Annexure .

(b) Government  has  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-Gramin  (PMAY-G),  by restructuring Indira Aawas Yojana (IAY), with enhanced unit assistance from Rs. 70,000 to

Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain areas and from Rs 75,000 to Rs.1.30 lakh in hilly states, difficult areas and  IAP  districts;  identification  of  beneficiaries  using  Socio-Economic  and  Caste  Census (SECC 2011) data; facilitation for loan of Rs 70,000/-; support of 90/95 person days in plain areas / hilly states, difficult areas and IAP districts under MGNREGS through convergence; Rs. 12,000/- for Individual Household Latrine. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), a placement linked skill development programme for rural poor youth, has  been  launched  by  revamping  Aajeevika  Skills.  The  skilling  programme  has  now  been refocused and re-prioritized to build capacity of rural poor  youth. Further, Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) has been launched as a part of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty and unemployment in the villages by helping start and support rural enterprises. (c) & (d) Government reviews programmes, at different level of implementation, at regular interval so as to ensure benefit reaches to the targeted group and programme meets its intended outcomes. The Funds allocated/ released/ utilized under these schemes during the last three years are given in the Table below.

(Rs in crore)

| Scheme   | PMAY-G     | PMAY-G   | PMAY-G      | DDU-GKY   | SVEP    |
|----------|------------|----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
| Year     | Allocation | Release  | Utilization | Release   | Release |
| 14099.55 | 11096.96   | 13835.53 | 568.63      | -         | 2014-15 |
| 9508.75  | 10107.92   | 13361.02 | 487.30      | 13.60     | 2015-16 |
| 34173.67 | 16058.71   | 10280.22 | 682.72      | 75.23     | 2016-17 |

(e) In  India,  the  data  on  class  distribution  of  income  is  not  compiled  centrally.  However, household  consumption  expenditure  data  collected  by  NSSO  could  be  used  as  a  proxy  to capture the economic inequality in terms of consumption expenditure. The disparities in the class distribution of consumption expenditure are measured by the Lorenz ratio from the NSSO data on Consumer Expenditure. The NSSO has not conducted any Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure after 2011-12. Hence, the information on inequality for last three years is not available.

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## Annexure Annexure as referred in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1658

Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by States/UTs - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

| S.No.   |                           | 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            | 10.96           | 61.80                  | 5.81            | 16.98                  | 9.20            | 78.78                  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 38.93           | 4.25                   | 20.33           | 0.66                   | 34.67           | 4.91                   |
| 3       | Assam                     | 33.89           | 92.06                  | 20.49           | 9.21                   | 31.98           | 101.27                 |
| 4       | Bihar                     | 34.06           | 320.40                 | 31.23           | 37.75                  | 33.74           | 358.15                 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              | 44.61           | 88.90                  | 24.75           | 15.22                  | 39.93           | 104.11                 |
| 6       | Delhi                     | 12.92           | 0.50                   | 9.84            | 16.46                  | 9.91            | 16.96                  |
| 7       | Goa                       | 6.81            | 0.37                   | 4.09            | 0.38                   | 5.09            | 0.75                   |
| 8       | Gujarat                   | 21.54           | 75.35                  | 10.14           | 26.88                  | 16.63           | 102.23                 |
| 9       | Haryana                   | 11.64           | 19.42                  | 10.28           | 9.41                   | 11.16           | 28.83                  |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh          | 8.48            | 5.29                   | 4.33            | 0.30                   | 8.06            | 5.59                   |
| 11      | Jammu& Kashmir            | 11.54           | 10.73                  | 7.20            | 2.53                   | 10.35           | 13.27                  |
| 12      | Jharkhand                 | 40.84           | 104.09                 | 24.83           | 20.24                  | 36.96           | 124.33                 |
| 13      | Karnataka                 | 24.53           | 92.80                  | 15.25           | 36.96                  | 20.91           | 129.76                 |
| 14      | Kerala                    | 9.14            | 15.48                  | 4.97            | 8.46                   | 7.05            | 23.95                  |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh            | 35.74           | 190.95                 | 21.00           | 43.10                  | 31.65           | 234.06                 |
| 16      | Maharashtra               | 24.22           | 150.56                 | 9.12            | 47.36                  | 17.35           | 197.92                 |
| 17      | Manipur                   | 38.80           | 7.45                   | 32.59           | 2.78                   | 36.89           | 10.22                  |
| 18      | Meghalaya                 | 12.53           | 3.04                   | 9.26            | 0.57                   | 11.87           | 3.61                   |
| 19      | Mizoram                   | 35.43           | 1.91                   | 6.36            | 0.37                   | 20.40           | 2.27                   |
| 20      | Nagaland                  | 19.93           | 2.76                   | 16.48           | 1.00                   | 18.88           | 3.76                   |
| 21      | Odisha                    | 35.69           | 126.14                 | 17.29           | 12.39                  | 32.59           | 138.53                 |
| 22      | Punjab                    | 7.66            | 13.35                  | 9.24            | 9.82                   | 8.26            | 23.18                  |
| 23      | Rajasthan                 | 16.05           | 84.19                  | 10.69           | 18.73                  | 14.71           | 102.92                 |
| 24      | Sikkim                    | 9.85            | 0.45                   | 3.66            | 0.06                   | 8.19            | 0.51                   |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                | 15.83           | 59.23                  | 6.54            | 23.40                  | 11.28           | 82.63                  |
| 26      | Tripura                   | 16.53           | 4.49                   | 7.42            | 0.75                   | 14.05           | 5.24                   |
| 27      | Uttarakhand               | 11.62           | 8.25                   | 10.48           | 3.35                   | 11.26           | 11.60                  |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh             | 30.40           | 479.35                 | 26.06           | 118.84                 | 29.43           | 598.19                 |
| 29      | West Bengal               | 22.52           | 141.14                 | 14.66           | 43.83                  | 19.98           | 184.98                 |
| 30      | Puducherry                | 17.06           | 0.69                   | 6.30            | 0.55                   | 9.69            | 1.24                   |
| 31      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1.57            | 0.04                   | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 1.00            | 0.04                   |
| 32      | Chandigarh                | 1.64            | 0.004                  | 22.31           | 2.34                   | 21.81           | 2.35                   |
| 33      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 62.59           | 1.15                   | 15.38           | 0.28                   | 39.31           | 1.43                   |
| 34      | Daman& Diu                | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 12.62           | 0.26                   | 9.86            | 0.26                   |
| 35      | Lakshadweep               | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 3.44            | 0.02                   | 2.77            | 0.02                   |
|         | All India                 | 25.70           | 2166.58                | 13.70           | 531.25                 | 21.92           | 2697.83                |

Notes: 1. Population as on 1st March 2012 has been used for estimating number of persons below poverty line. (2011 Census population extrapolated)

2. Poverty line of Tamil Nadu has been used for Andaman and Nicobar Island.
3. Urban Poverty Line of Punjab has been used for both rural and urban areas of Chandigarh.
4. Poverty Line of Maharashtra has been used for Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
5. Poverty line of Goa has been used for Daman & Diu.
6. Poverty Line of Kerala has been used for Lakshadweep.