Lok Sabha Question No. 3778 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Below Poverty Line
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3778 ANSWERED ON 21/12/2021

## BELOW POVERTY LINE

## 3778.   SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the country based on BPL census, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  list  is  being  used  in  determining  the  beneficiaries  under  poverty alleviation programme; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a):  The  estimation of poverty  using poverty line had been done by the erstwhile Planning Commission based on the large sample surveys on household consumer expenditure carried out  by  the  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  whereas,  the  Ministry  of  Rural development conducted Below Poverty Line (BPL) censuses in 1992, 1997 and 2002 only to identify  the  poor  households  in  the  rural  areas,  who  could  be  potential  beneficiaries  under various programmes of the Government of India.

According to the last poverty estimates released by the erstwhile Planning Commission following the methodology recommended by Tendulkar Committee for the year 2011-12,  the  poverty  line  was  defined  on  the  basis  of  monthly  per  capita  consumption expenditure (MPCE) as the criterion. For the year 2011-12, the poverty line at all India level has been estimated as Rs. 816 for rural areas and Rs.1000 for urban areas. The number of persons  living  below  the  poverty  line  in  2011-12  were  estimated  at  27  crore  (21.9%). State/UT wise BPL population  for the year 2011-12 is at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c):  Recognizing the multi-dimensional nature of poverty, Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011)  was conducted in place of erstwhile BPL censuses. SECC-2011 provides data of households on various aspects of their socio-economic status viz., housing, landholding/ landlessness, educational status, status of women, the differently abled persons, occupation,  possession  of  assets,  scheduled  caste/  scheduled  tribe  (SC/ST)  households, income, etc. Beneficiaries under several schemes of Government of India as well as many State Governments are selected based on the (i) 'automatically excluded households',(ii) ' automatically  included  households'  and  (iii)  '  deprived  households'  data  of  SECC-2011. SECC-2011 data is being used for selecting beneficiaries in Pradhan Mantri Awas YojanaGramin  (PMAY-G),  Deen  Dayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission (DAY-NRLM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana(PMUY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har Ghar Yojana, etc.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3778 due for answer on 21.12.2021

## Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line By States - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology) as per erstwhile Planning Commission

|                        |                        | 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) |
| 1Andhra Pradesh        | 1Andhra Pradesh        | 10.96           | 61.80                  | 5.81            | 16.98                  | 9.20            | 78.78                  |
| 2Arunachal Pradesh     | 2Arunachal Pradesh     | 38.93           | 4.25                   | 20.33           | 0.66                   | 34.67           | 4.91                   |
| 3Assam                 | 3Assam                 | 33.89           | 92.06                  | 20.49           | 9.21                   | 31.98           | 101.27                 |
| 4Bihar                 | 4Bihar                 | 34.06           | 320.40                 | 31.23           | 37.75                  | 33.74           | 358.15                 |
| 5Chhattisgarh          | 5Chhattisgarh          | 44.61           | 88.90                  | 24.75           | 15.22                  | 39.93           | 104.11                 |
| 6Delhi                 | 6Delhi                 | 12.92           | 0.50                   | 9.84            | 16.46                  | 9.91            | 16.96                  |
| 7Goa                   | 7Goa                   | 6.81            | 0.37                   | 4.09            | 0.38                   | 5.09            | 0.75                   |
| 8Gujarat               | 8Gujarat               | 21.54           | 75.35                  | 10.14           | 26.88                  | 16.63           | 102.23                 |
| 9Haryana               | 9Haryana               | 11.64           | 19.42                  | 10.28           | 9.41                   | 11.16           | 28.83                  |
| 10Himachal Pradesh     | 10Himachal Pradesh     | 8.48            | 5.29                   | 4.33            | 0.30                   | 8.06            | 5.59                   |
| 11Jammu &Kashmir       | 11Jammu &Kashmir       | 11.54           | 10.73                  | 7.20            | 2.53                   | 10.35           | 13.27                  |
| 12Jharkhand            | 12Jharkhand            | 40.84           | 104.09                 | 24.83           | 20.24                  | 36.96           | 124.33                 |
| 13Karnataka            | 13Karnataka            | 24.53           | 92.80                  | 15.25           | 36.96                  | 20.91           | 129.76                 |
| 14Kerala               | 14Kerala               | 9.14            | 15.48                  | 4.97            | 8.46                   | 7.05            | 23.95                  |
| 15Madhya Pradesh       | 15Madhya Pradesh       | 35.74           | 190.95                 | 21.00           | 43.10                  | 31.65           | 234.06                 |
| 16Maharashtra          | 16Maharashtra          | 24.22           | 150.56                 | 9.12            | 47.36                  | 17.35           | 197.92                 |
| 17Manipur              | 17Manipur              | 38.80           | 7.45                   | 32.59           | 2.78                   | 36.89           | 10.22                  |
| 18Meghalaya            | 18Meghalaya            | 12.53           | 3.04                   | 9.26            | 0.57                   | 11.87           | 3.61                   |
| 19Mizoram              | 19Mizoram              | 35.43           | 1.91                   | 6.36            | 0.37                   | 20.40           | 2.27                   |
| 20Nagaland             | 20Nagaland             | 19.93           | 2.76                   | 16.48           | 1.00                   | 18.88           | 3.76                   |
| 21Orissa               | 21Orissa               | 35.69           | 126.14                 | 17.29           | 12.39                  | 32.59           | 138.53                 |
| 22Punjab               | 22Punjab               | 7.66            | 13.35                  | 9.24            | 9.82                   | 8.26            | 23.18                  |
| 23Rajasthan            | 23Rajasthan            | 16.05           | 84.19                  | 10.69           | 18.73                  | 14.71           | 102.92                 |
| 24Sikkim               | 24Sikkim               | 9.85            | 0.45                   | 3.66            | 0.06                   | 8.19            | 0.51                   |
| 25Tamil Nadu           | 25Tamil Nadu           | 15.83           | 59.23                  | 6.54            | 23.40                  | 11.28           | 82.63                  |
| 26Tripura              | 26Tripura              | 16.53           | 4.49                   | 7.42            | 0.75                   | 14.05           | 5.24                   |
| 27Uttar Pradesh        | 27Uttar Pradesh        | 30.40           | 479.35                 | 26.06           | 118.84                 | 29.43           | 598.19                 |
| 28Uttarakhand          | 28Uttarakhand          | 11.62           | 8.25                   | 10.48           | 3.35                   | 11.26           | 11.60                  |
| 29West Bengal          | 29West Bengal          | 22.52           | 141.14                 | 14.66           | 43.83                  | 19.98           | 184.98                 |
| 30Puducherry           | 30Puducherry           | 17.06           | 0.69                   | 6.30            | 0.55                   | 9.69            | 1.24                   |
| 31A &NIslands          | 31A &NIslands          | 1.57            | 0.04                   | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 1.00            | 0.04                   |
| 32Chandigarh           | 32Chandigarh           | 1.64            | 0.004                  | 22.31           | 2.34                   | 21.81           | 2.35                   |
| 33 Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 33 Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 62.59           | 1.15                   | 15.38           | 0.28                   | 39.31           | 1.43                   |
| 34Daman &Diu           | 0.00                   |                 | 0.00                   | 12.62           | 0.26                   | 9.86            | 0.26                   |
| 35Lakshadweep          | 35Lakshadweep          | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 3.44            | 0.02                   | 2.77            | 0.02                   |
| All India              | All India              | 25.70           | 2166.58                | 13.70           | 531.25                 | 21.92           | 2697.83                |

- 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.