Lok Sabha Question No. 2768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: Number of People below Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2768 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2020

## NUMBER OF PEOPLE BELOW POVERTY LINE

## 2768. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  people  from  backward  and  rural  areas  who  have  been  brought  above  the poverty line in the country as on date especially in the State of Maharashtra during the last three years;

(b) the number of people living below poverty line as on date;

(c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  for  the  upliftment  of  people living below poverty line;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the State-wise details of backward and rural areas especially in the State of Maharashtra; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)  to  (e)  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 disaggregated information is available at state level only. The number of persons living below poverty  in  2011-12  State/UT-wise  including  the  state  of  Maharashtra  are  given  at Annexure.

The  Government  is  implementing  a  number  of  targeted  programmes  for  overall  balanced development in the country such as 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),  National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP), 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.

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

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

| 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                |

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.