Lok Sabha Question No. 5306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: People living Below Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5306

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2023

## PEOPLE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

## 5306.   SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the India's rank in the list of countries in the world from the perspective of people living below the poverty line and in extreme poverty;
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government for poverty alleviation of these people;
- (c) whether India has improved its position among the countries or faced down of position during the last five years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, year-wise and position-wise?

## 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)   The erstwhile Planning Commission estimated the number of people living below poverty line. For calculating the poverty line, Planning Commission constituted Expert Committees from time to time. The estimation of the poverty line and determination of number of people living below poverty line was based on the data on Household Consumer Expenditure. The data from the surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was used in this regard. 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. A global comparison on this basis is not available.

(b) to (d) 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 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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