Lok Sabha Question No. 4250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Poverty Rate in Urban Areas
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan, Virendra  Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4250

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 18, 2019

## POVERTY RATE IN URBAN AREAS

No. 4250. SHRI DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN: Dr. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether poverty rate in urban areas has declined over the years as per the estimates of NITI Aayog;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  number  of  people living below poverty line as per the latest estimates in this regard, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether any International institution has suggested several  measures  to  further  reduce  urban  poverty  in  the country;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto; and
- (e) the effective steps taken/being taken and schemes implemented by the Government to reduce urban poverty
- in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) &  (b):  The  official  poverty  estimates  are  based  on  Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure carried out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The latest data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure  has  been  collected  by  NSSO  in  its  68th  round conducted in 2011-12.

Based  on  the  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 22nd July 2013. According to this Press Note, the number of persons living below poverty line in urban area has been estimated as 5.31 crore (13.7%) in  2011-12.  A  statement  showing  number  of  people  living below poverty line in urban areas, State/UT-wise, in 2011-12 is at Annexure.

- (c) & (d): No such information is available in this Ministry.

(e)  :  The  Government  is  implementing  'Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)'  to reduce  poverty  and  vulnerability  of  urban  poor  households,  on sustainable  basis.  Also,  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (Urban) addresses the housing requirements of urban population including the urban poor. Other important schemes being implemented by the Government, inter alia, targeting urban poor, include  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan-Dhan  Yojana  (PMJDY),  Ayuashman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) etc. These schemes complement  the  schemes  of  the  State/UT  Governments  being implemented to alleviate urban poverty.

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## State-wise  Number  and  Percentage  of  Population  below  Poverty  Line  in Urban Areas in by States: 2011-12 (based on Tendulkar Methodology)

| States/UTs        |   Percentage of Persons |   No. of Persons (lakhs) |
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                     5.8 |                    17    |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                    20.3 |                     0.7  |
| Assam             |                    20.5 |                     9.2  |
| Bihar             |                    31.2 |                    37.8  |
| Chhattisgarh      |                    24.8 |                    15.2  |
| Goa               |                     4.1 |                     0.4  |
| Gujarat           |                    10.1 |                    26.9  |
| Haryana           |                    10.3 |                     9.4  |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                     4.3 |                     0.3  |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |                     7.2 |                     2.5  |
| Jharkhand         |                    24.8 |                    20.2  |
| Karnataka         |                    15.3 |                    37    |
| Kerala            |                     5   |                     8.5  |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                    21   |                    43.1  |
| Maharashtra       |                     9.1 |                    47.4  |
| Manipur           |                    32.6 |                     2.8  |
| Meghalaya         |                     9.3 |                     0.6  |
| Mizoram           |                     6.4 |                     0.4  |
| Nagaland          |                    16.5 |                     1    |
| Odisha            |                    17.3 |                    12.4  |
| Punjab            |                     9.2 |                     9.8  |
| Rajasthan         |                    10.7 |                    18.7  |
| Sikkim            |                     3.7 |                     0.1  |
| Tamil Nadu        |                     6.5 |                    23.4  |
| Tripura           |                     7.4 |                     0.8  |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                    26.1 |                   118.8  |
| Uttarakhand       |                    10.5 |                     3.4  |
| West Bengal       |                    14.7 |                    43.8  |
| A &NIslands       |                     0   |                     0    |
| Chandigarh        |                    22.3 |                     2.3  |
| D&NHaveli         |                    15.4 |                     0.3  |
| Daman &Diu        |                    12.6 |                     0.3  |
| Delhi             |                     9.8 |                    16.5  |
| Lakshadweep       |                     3.4 |                     0.02 |
| INDIA             |                    13.7 |                   531.2  |

Source: Report of the Expert Group to review the Methodology for measurement of Poverty, Government of India, Planning Commission- June, 2014.

Notes: 1. Population as on 1st march 2010 has been used for estimation number of persons below poverty line. (Interpolated between 2001 and 2011 population census). 2. Poverty line of Tamil Nadu is used for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. Urban Poverty Line of Punjab is used for both rural and Urban areas of Chandigarh. 4.Poverty Line of Maharashtra is used for Dadra & Nagar Haveli. 5. Poverty  Line  of  Goa  is  used  for  Daman  &  Diu  and  6.  Poverty  Line  of  Kerala  is  used  for Lakshadweep.

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