Lok Sabha Question No. 2304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, Krupal Balaji Tumane, Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## POVERTY LINE

## †2304. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of existing official 'poverty line' fixed by the Government to estimate the population living below poverty line in the country along with the current status of all the  States  of  the  country  in  this  respect,  State/UT-wise  including  Dadra  and  Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu;
- (b) whether the Government has any plan to update the existing official 'poverty line', if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated or proposes to formulate any plan to remove poverty and unemployment and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  details  of  action  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  upliftment  of people/families  living  below  poverty  line  in  the  country  and  current  status  thereof, State/UT-wise including Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & 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 201112.  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  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 including Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu are given at Annexure.

- (c) to (d) The Government of India has been focusing on inclusive growth as reflected in its commitment of 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  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 Maan-Dhan 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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## Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

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