Lok Sabha Question No. 2 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: NSSO Data
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## NSSO DATA

2. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

PROGRAMME

- (a) whether the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) data show  stark  inequality  between  urban  India  and  the  poorest sections  and  the  data  show  that  31%  of  the  rural  households and 22% of the urban households were under debt; and
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER  OF STATE  FOR  MINISTRY  OF  EXTERNAL  AFFAIRS  [GENERAL  (Dr.)  V.K. SINGH (Retd.)]

- (a) and (b): According to the estimates based on the All-India Debt and Investment  Survey  (AIDIS)  conducted  by  the  National  Sample  Survey Office  (NSSO)  in  its  70 th   round  during  January  to  December  2013, 31.44% of the rural households and 22.37% of the urban households are under debt.

The details of Incidence of Indebtedness (IOI) among households (as on 30.06.12) by asset holding classes and by States/UTs are given in the

Statements at Annexure-I and II respectively.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2 for 24.02.2016 *****

## Incidence of Indebtedness (IOI)* among household by asset holding classes: all-India

| decile class** of       | IOI (in %)   | IOI (in %)   |
|-------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| household asset holding | Rural        | Urban        |
| (1)                     | (2)          | (3)          |
| 1                       | 19.62        | 9.34         |
| 2                       | 22.30        | 14.63        |
| 3                       | 27.05        | 20.16        |
| 4                       | 27.46        | 24.16        |
| 5                       | 30.95        | 21.67        |
| 6                       | 32.99        | 23.44        |
| 7                       | 32.69        | 23.77        |
| 8                       | 37.33        | 25.42        |
| 9                       | 42.64        | 29.41        |
| 10                      | 41.32        | 31.74        |
| all                     | 31.44        | 22.37        |

- ** This refers to the 10 decile classes of the Rural/Urban households by asset holding size.  Different decile classes are referred to simply as 1 (lowest  decile  class  in  respect  of  asset  holding  size),  2,  3,  …  9,  10 (highest decile class).

## Annexure-II Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha

## Unstarred Question No. 2 for 24.02.2016

## Incidence of Indebtedness (IOI) by States/UTs

| States            | IOI (in %)   | IOI (in %)   |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
|                   | Rural        | Urban        |
| (1)               | (2)          | (3)          |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 54.06        | 39.84        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5.15         | 14.01        |
| Assam             | 10.07        | 17.61        |
| Bihar             | 29.08        | 13.25        |
| Chhattisgarh      | 13.90        | 11.75        |
| Delhi             | 3.28         | 5.56         |
| Goa               | 16.98        | 16.74        |
| Gujarat           | 25.96        | 19.39        |
| Haryana           | 23.93        | 12.51        |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 25.95        | 21.88        |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 12.67        | 21.22        |
| Jharkhand         | 18.49        | 11.61        |
| Karnataka         | 46.43        | 26.53        |
| Kerala            | 49.50        | 46.95        |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 24.70        | 15.29        |
| Maharashtra       | 31.29        | 18.86        |
| Manipur           | 9.88         | 6.80         |
| Meghalaya         | 2.53         | 7.72         |
| Mizoram           | 5.32         | 15.91        |
| Nagaland          | 1.51         | 2.96         |
| Odisha            | 25.73        | 18.70        |
| Punjab            | 33.06        | 18.29        |
| Rajasthan         | 37.39        | 22.55        |
| Sikkim            | 7.06         | 10.26        |
| Tamil Nadu        | 39.68        | 34.79        |
| Telangana         | 59.06        | 30.51        |
| Tripura           | 10.03        | 12.65        |

Contd…

Incidence of Indebtedness (IOI) by States/UTs

| States            | IOI (in %)   | IOI (in %)   |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
| States            | Rural        | Urban        |
| (1)               | (2)          | (3)          |
| Uttarakhand       | 25.83        | 13.91        |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 29.55        | 18.91        |
| West Bengal       | 23.62        | 14.70        |
| A & N Islands     | 17.72        | 30.60        |
| Chandigarh        | 3.84         | 12.33        |
| Dadra & N. Haveli | 4.82         | 18.66        |
| Daman & Diu       | 16.71        | 7.32         |
| Lakshadweep       | 7.68         | 29.37        |
| Puducherry        | 40.91        | 40.65        |
| all-India         | 31.44        | 22.37        |

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