Lok Sabha Question No. 1669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Below Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1669 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## BELOW POVERTY LINE

## †1669. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the State/UT-wise details of the families living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the country; and
- (b) the criteria to determine the number of people living below poverty line at present?

## ANSWER

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

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) to (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 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 27 crore in 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  Monthly  Per-capita Consumption Expenditure of Rs. 816 for rural areas and Rs. 1000 for urban areas. The State/UT-wise details of population living below poverty line in 2011-12 are given at Annexure.

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

| Sl. No.   |                          | Rural       | Rural                     | Urban       | Urban                     | Total       | Total                      |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States                   | %of Persons | No. of Persons (in lakhs) | %of Persons | No. of Persons (in lakhs) | %of Persons | No. of Persons ( in 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                    |

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.