Lok Sabha Question No. 1366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: People Living Below Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN, SHARAD TRIPATHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2018

## PEOPLE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

## 1366. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN: SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of people are living below poverty line in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and as on date, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether it is a fact that India has been able to reduce the number of people living below the poverty line considerably during the last few years;
- (d) if so, the details of the number of people living in poverty according to various studies by national as well as international agencies and the basis of measuring poverty rate in each study; and
- (e) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to uplift the BPL people?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)  to  (d)  The  official  poverty  estimates  are  based  on  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. Based on this data, the erstwhile Planning Commission estimated poverty lines and poverty ratio in 2011-12 following the extant Tendulkar Committee methodology and released through a Press Note issued on 22 nd July  2013.  According to this press note the number of persons living below poverty line in India has been estimated as 2697.83 Lakh in 2011-12.  The number of persons living below poverty in 2011-12 State/UT-wise are given at Annexure. According to the Press Note issued on 22 nd July  2013  the  poverty  line  has  been  defined  on  the  basis  of  Monthly  Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) as the criterion. According to the Press Note, the number of persons living below poverty line in the country has come down from 4076.1 Lakh (37.2%) in 2004-05 to 2697.83 Lakh (21.9%) in 2011-12. In rural areas, it has reduced from 41.8 percent during 2004-05 to 25.7 percent in 2011-12 whereas in urban areas the poverty ratio has declined from 25.7 percent to 13.7 percent during the same period.

(e)  The primary policy objective of the Government is development of all segments of the population.  The Government is implementing a number of targeted programmes in this regard, like Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana  (PMAY),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Deendayal Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Stand Up India Scheme etc. These interventions are expected to yield better results over time towards overall balanced development in the country.

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

Annexure

| 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.