Lok Sabha Question No. 713 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 713 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## POVERTY LINE

## 713. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a) the State-wise details of the families living below poverty line;

(b)  whether special  economic assistance has been provided to the States for eradication of poverty;

(c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether the Government is considering to provide special package to the poor States; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the manner in which Government proposes to remove disparity among States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (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) to (e) Government of India allocates funds to States on the basis of scheme specific criteria, identification and prioritization process of fund requirement of the State under the programmes.

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## Annexure as referred in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 713

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

| S.No.   | States/UTs          |   Rural |   Urban |   Total |
|---------|---------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      |    11   |     5.8 |     9.2 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   |    38.9 |    20.3 |    34.7 |
| 3       | Assam               |    33.9 |    20.5 |    32   |
| 4       | Bihar               |    34.1 |    31.2 |    33.7 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh        |    44.6 |    24.8 |    39.9 |
| 6       | Delhi               |    12.9 |     9.8 |     9.9 |
| 7       | Goa                 |     6.8 |     4.1 |     5.1 |
| 8       | Gujarat             |    21.5 |    10.1 |    16.6 |
| 9       | Haryana             |    11.6 |    10.3 |    11.2 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh    |     8.5 |     4.3 |     8.1 |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir      |    11.5 |     7.2 |    10.3 |
| 12      | Jharkhand           |    40.8 |    24.8 |    37   |
| 13      | Karnataka           |    24.5 |    15.3 |    20.9 |
| 14      | Kerala              |     9.1 |     5   |     7.1 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh      |    35.7 |    21   |    31.6 |
| 16      | Maharashtra         |    24.2 |     9.1 |    17.4 |
| 17      | Manipur             |    38.8 |    32.6 |    36.9 |
| 18      | Meghalaya           |    12.5 |     9.3 |    11.9 |
| 19      | Mizoram             |    35.4 |     6.4 |    20.4 |
| 20      | Nagaland            |    19.9 |    16.5 |    18.9 |
| 21      | Orissa              |    35.7 |    17.3 |    32.6 |
| 22      | Punjab              |     7.7 |     9.2 |     8.3 |
| 23      | Rajasthan           |    16.1 |    10.7 |    14.7 |
| 24      | Sikkim              |     9.9 |     3.7 |     8.2 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu          |    15.8 |     6.5 |    11.3 |
| 26      | Tripura             |    16.5 |     7.4 |    14   |
| 27      | Uttarakhand         |    11.6 |    10.5 |    11.3 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh       |    30.4 |    26.1 |    29.4 |
| 29      | West Bengal         |    22.5 |    14.7 |    20   |
| 30      | Puducherry          |    17.1 |     6.3 |     9.7 |
| 31      | A &NIslands         |     1.6 |     0   |     1   |
| 32      | Chandigarh          |     1.6 |    22.3 |    21.8 |
| 33      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |    62.6 |    15.4 |    39.3 |
| 34      | Daman &Diu          |     0   |    12.6 |     9.9 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep         |     0   |     3.4 |     2.8 |
|         | All India           |    25.7 |    13.7 |    21.9 |

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.