Lok Sabha Question No. 669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Population living Below Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo, Sangeeta Azad, Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 669

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2023

## POPULATION LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

669. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO: SHRIMATI SANGEETA AZAD: SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  people  living  under  Below  Poverty  Line(BPL)  category  in  the  country considering the present socio-economic conditions, State/UTwise and district-wise including Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Assam;
- (b) the details of the population living below the poverty line over the past decade and the criteria fixed to assess this status along with the date of the recent official estimation;
- (c) whether there is a surge in the number of such population during the said period and if so, the details and reasons thereof and if not, the supplementary data in this regard;
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  eradication  of  poverty  and  the  upliftment  of economically disadvantaged individuals in the present circumstances in the country including Assam; and
- (e) whether there is a plan to initiate a consumer expenditure survey in the year 2022-23?

## 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) To (c) 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. Based on the

data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure published by NSSO for the 68 th round, the  erstwhile  Planning  Commission  estimated  poverty  lines  and  poverty  ratio  in  2011-12 following  the  extant  Tendulkar  Committee  methodology.  The  result  was 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 (21.92%) 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 (including Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Assam) living below poverty line in the country as per the above Press Note is given at Annexure.

NITI Aayog released the National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023 on 17 th July 2023 in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human  Development  Initiative (OPHI). As  per this report 13.5 crore people escaped "Multidimensional  Poverty"  between  2015-16  and  2019-21.  A  Steep  decline  has  been  reported  in number of multidimensionally poor from 24.85% to 14.96% between 2015-16 and 2019-21.

- (d) Government of India is implementing several schemes, both Central sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes, for reducing poverty in the country including the state of Assam. Some of the schemes aim to directly benefit the citizens through Direct Benefit transfer of resources/ money while others intend to  create  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),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhayay  -  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  Training   Institutes  (RSETIs),  National  Social  Assistance Programme  (NSAP),  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Anna  Yojna  (PMGKAY),   Pradhan  Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY),  etc.
- (e)  Yes  Sir,  the  latest  Survey  on  Household  Consumption  Expenditure  (HCES):  2022-23  has  been launched by M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation from August, 2022.

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## Annexure

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 669 FOR 06.12.2023 REGARDING POPULATION LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINEBY SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:  SHRIMATI  SANGEETA  AZAD: SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE :

Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12

(Tendulkar Methodology)

| S.No.   |                          | Rural       | Rural                  | Urban       | Urban                  | Total       | Total                  |
|---------|--------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|
| S.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   |    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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