Lok Sabha Question No. 4684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: People Above Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Tapir Gao

## 4684. SHRI TAPIR GAO:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether people from backward and rural areas have been brought above the poverty line across the country during the last four years; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4684

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## PEOPLE ABOVE POVERTY LINE

## 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 estimated poverty line and poverty ratio on the basis of 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 last data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure published by NSSO was for the 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 to be 27 crore in 2011-12. The State/UT-wise details of population living below poverty line in 2011-12 are given at Annexure.

The Government of India has been focusing on inclusive growth as reflected in its commitment to Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and has taken various steps to uplift the people living below poverty line in  the  country.  Government  of  India  is  implementing  several  schemes,  both  Central  sector  and

Centrally Sponsored Schemes, for reducing the poverty in the country. Some of the schemes aim to directly  benefit  the  citizens  through  Direct  Benefit  transfer  of  resources/  money  while  others  aim  at creating enabling  infrastructural  provisions.    These  include  Mahatma  Gandhi    National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Pradhan Mantri  Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY),  Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen    Dayal  Upadhayay  -  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  Training    Institutes  (RSETIs),  National  Social  Assistance Programme  (NSAP),  PM  Street  Vendor's  AtmaNirbhar  Nidhi  (PM  SVANidhi)  Scheme,  Shyama Prasad  Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna (PMGKAY), Aspirational Districts Programme, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Kisan MaanDhan Yojana,  Skill India, Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bima  Yojana  (PMSBY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima  Yojana,  Atal Pension  Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana,  Stand  Up  India  Scheme,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural and Urban), etc.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) of LOK SABHAUNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4684 FOR 29.03.2023 REGARDING  PEOPLE ABOVE POVERTY LINE BY SHRI TAPIR GAO:

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

|       |                          | 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 0.04              | 6.30            | 0.55                   | 9.69            | 1.24                   |
| 31    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1.57            |                        | 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    |    0    |   12.62 |   0.26 |    9.86 |    0.26 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep         |   0    |    0    |    3.44 |   0.02 |    2.77 |    0.02 |
|      | All India           |  25.7  | 2166.58 |   13.7  | 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.
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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