Lok Sabha Question No. 1834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: BPL Data
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1834

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020

BPL DATA

1834. DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has the state-wise data on the number of families living Below Poverty Line (BPL);
- (b) if so, the district-wise details thereof in Madhya Pradesh; and
- (c)  whether  the  number  of  families  living  below  poverty  line  has reduced during the last two years and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) to (c): Based on the Household Consumer Expenditure Survey data collected  by  National  Statistical  Office  (NSO)  in  its  68 th   round    of National  Sample  Survey  (NSS)  conducted  in  2011-12,  the  erstwhile Planning  Commission  estimated  poverty  lines  and  poverty  ratios  in 2011-12 following the Tendulkar methodology. The poverty lines and poverty ratios, thus estimated, were released through a Press Note issued on 22 nd  July 2013.

The  numbers  of  persons  living  below  poverty  in  2011-12, State/UT-wise, as per the Press Note, are given in the Statement at Annexure.

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Annexure Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1834 for 21.09.2020

## Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

| S. No.   | States                    | 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           |                        | 9.86            | 0.26                   |
| 35       | Lakshadweep               | 0.00            |                        |                 | 0.26                   | 2.77            | 0.02                   |
|          | All India                 | 25.70           | 0.00                   | 3.44            | 0.02                   | 21.92           | 2697.83                |
|          |                           |                 | 2166.58                | 13.70           | 531.25                 |                 |                        |

Notes:

1. Population  as  on  1 st   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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