Lok Sabha Question No. 467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: NSSO Survey
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 467

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## NSSO SURVEY

## 467. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  determines  the  State-wise  number  of the  poor,  poverty  alleviation  programme  total  gross  domestic income  change  in  consumer  expenditure  pattern,  etc.  through National Sample Survey Office (NSSO);
- (b) if so, the reasons for not preparing the report after 2011-12 till
- date;
- (c) whether the data of the year 2017-18 has been made public; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION,  MINISTER  OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  CORPORATE  AFFAIRS

[RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

- (a) & (b):  The erstwhile Planning Commission was the nodal agency in the Government for estimation of the poverty in the country and it used a poverty line based on per capita consumption expenditure as the  criterion  to  determine  the  persons  living  below  the  poverty  line (BPL) in rural and urban areas. For determination of the methodology

to estimate poverty line erstwhile Planning Commission constituted a Task Force from time to time. The last Expert Group whose recommendations  were  accepted  by  the  Government  in  2011  was chaired  by  Prof.  Suresh  D.  Tendulkar.  Based  on  the data  of  Large Sample  Survey  on  Household  Consumer  Expenditure  collected  by NSSO  in  its  68 th  round  conducted  in  2011-12  the  poverty  lines  and poverty ratio were estimated following the extant Tendulkar Committee methodology in 2011-12 and released through a Press Note issued on 22 nd  July 2013. The number of persons living below poverty in  2011-12,  State/UT-wise,  as  per  the  Press  Note,  are  given  in  the Statement at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): This Ministry carried out all-India surveys on Periodic Labour Force, Annual Survey of Industries, and Household Social Consumption of Health and Education in India during the period July, 2017 to June, 2018, and survey on Disability, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing  Conditions  in  India  during  the  period  July,  2018-  December, 2018.  The  results  of  all  these  surveys  have  been  released  by  this Ministry as per details given in Annexure-II, and also available in the

Ministry's website.

However, this Ministry also carried out an allIndia   survey   on   Household   Consumer  Expenditure   during   the NSS 75 th round (July 2017June  2018). The  results of this survey   were   examined   and   it   was   observed   that   there   was  a significant  variation  in  the  levels  in  the  consumption  pattern  as well  as  in  the  direction  of  the  change  while  comparing  with  other administrative  data  sources.  In  view  of  the  data  quality  issues, the Ministry decided not to release the results of Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2017-2018.

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Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 467 for 01.12.2021

## Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states 2011-12 (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 Prades h        | 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                   |

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|       |             | 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) |
| 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.

Annexure-II

Statement referred to in reply to parts (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 467 for 01.12.2021

List of survey reports released for the surveys conducted during the period 2017-18:

|   Sl. No. | Report Title                                                                            | NSS Round/ Survey period                                                |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | First Annual Report of PLFS                                                             | July, 2017-June, 2018                                                   |
|         2 | First Quarterly Bulletin of PLFS                                                        | Oct.-Dec., 2018                                                         |
|         3 | NSS KI(75/25.2): Key Indicators of Household Social Consumption in India: Education     | 75 th (July 2017- June 2018)                                            |
|         4 | NSS KI(75/25.0): Key Indicators of Household Social Consumption in India: Health        | 75 th (July 2017- June 2018)                                            |
|         5 | NSS Report no. 583: Persons with Disabilities in India                                  | 76 th round (July 2018- December 2018)                                  |
|         6 | NSS Report no. 584: Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing conditions in India | 76 th round (July-December 2018)                                        |
|         7 | NSS Report no. 585: Household Social consumption on Education in India                  | 75 th (July 2017- June 2018)                                            |
|         8 | NSS Report no. 586: Health in India                                                     | 75 th (July 2017- June 2018)                                            |
|         9 | ASI 2017-18                                                                             | ASI Vol-I, ASI Vol-II (CD-ROM), ASI, Summary Results for Factory Sector |

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