Lok Sabha Question No. 237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Poverty in Rajasthan
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Balak Nath

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 237

ANSWERED ON 20/07/2021

## POVERTY IN RAJASTHAN

## 237. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: SHRI BALAK NATH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data regarding the number of people coming under poverty line in the country including Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the parameters set by the Government regarding the people suffering from poverty; and
- (c) the steps taken or being taken by the Government to solve the problem of poverty to pull the people out of poverty?

## ANSWER

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

(a&(b)      The  erstwhile  Planning  Commission    defined  poverty  line  and  estimated  the  number  of people coming under poverty line, for both all-India and states (including Rajasthan), based on the large  sample  surveys  on  Household  Consumer  Expenditure  carried  out  by  the  National  Sample Survey  Office  (NSSO)  of  the  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation.  Number  and percentage of population below poverty line  by the States in 2011-2012 is given at Annexure-1.

The last BPL Census was conducted in 2002.   Recognizing the multi-dimensional nature of poverty, Socio  Economic  and  Caste  Census  2011  (SECC  2011)  was  conducted  which    provides  data  of households on various aspects of their socio-economic status viz., housing, landholding/landlessness, educational status, status of women,  the  differently abled, occupation, possession  of  assets,  scheduled  caste/  scheduled  tribe  (SC/ST)  households,  income,  etc.  The 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.

(c)     Development of rural areas  is being steered  through generation of employment, strengthening of  livelihood  opportunities,  promotion  of  self-employment,  skilling  of  rural  youth,  provision  of social assistance and development of rural infrastructure. The Ministry of Rural Development has been  implementing  schemes  such  as  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay-Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),  Shyama  Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission (SPMRM) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) for the said purpose.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 237 due for answer on 20.07.2021

## Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line By States - 2011-12 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) |
| 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     | Orissa              | 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     | Uttar Pradesh       | 30.40           | 479.35                 | 26.06           | 118.84                 | 29.43           | 598.19                 |
| 28     | Uttarakhand         | 11.62           | 8.25                   | 10.48           | 3.35                   | 11.26           | 11.60                  |
| 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     | A &NIslands         | 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 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.