Lok Sabha Question No. 5904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: BPL Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Raghu Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5904

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  APRIL, 2018

## BPL FARMERS

5904.      DR. RAGHU SHARMA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any State-wise survey to determine the number of farmers living below poverty line (BPL) in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): Government  conducts  large sample  surveys through NSSO  for  periodical estimation  of  population  living  below  poverty  line,  including  both  farm  and  non-farm  rural population

.

- According to the erstwhile Planning Commission's estimates based on National Sample Survey Office(NSSO) Survey, in 2011-12 the rural population  living below poverty line  (BPL) was 216.65 million. Separate estimate on the number of farmers living Below Poverty Line is not available. A statement on state wise population below poverty line is annexed.

## Statement with respect to the reply of Part-a & b of the Question No. 5904

## 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                   | 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 Daman & Diu | 62.59 0.00      | 1.15                   | 15.38           | 0.28                   | 39.31           | 1.43                   |
| 34    |                                  |                 | 0.00                   | 12.62           | 0.26                   | 9.86            | 0.26                   |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                      | 0.00            |                        |                 |                        |                 | 0.02                   |
|       | All India                        | 25.70           | 0.00 2166.58           | 3.44 13.70      | 0.02 531.25            | 2.77 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

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