Lok Sabha Question No. 1118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: NSSO Poverty Data
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI, ANSHUL VERMA, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA, RITI PATHAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1118

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 2 ND  MARCH, 2016

## NSSO POVERTY DATA

1118. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

SHRI ANSHUL VERMA:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

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

- (a) whether  according  to  the  latest  data  of  the  National  Sample Survey  Organisation  (NSSO),  the  income/poverty  ratio  in  the country has receded;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise including that of Uttar Pradesh  and  the  norms  fixed  for  determining  poverty  in  the country;
- (c) whether data regarding decline in poverty in the country have also been released in the Millennium  Development  Goals Report-2016; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## 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):  Yes,  Madam.  The  latest  data  on  Household  Consumer Expenditure  has  been  collected  by  NSSO  in  its  68 th   round  conducted during July, 2011-June, 2012. The Poverty line is defined on the basis of Monthly  Per  Capita  Consumption  Expenditure  (MPCE)  as  the  criterion.

The State/UT-wise details of poverty line and poverty ratio in 2004-05 and 2011-12 are given in the Statements at Annexures I to III.

(c) and (d): Yes, Madam. The latest India Country Millennium Development Goals (MDG) monitoring report titled 'Millennium Development Goals India Country  Report  2015'  has  used  the  Poverty  Head  Count  Ratio  (PHCR) estimates  released  by  the  erstwhile  Planning  Commission.  As  per  the report, the PHCR has declined from 45.3% in 1993-94 to 37.2% in 2004-05 and further to 21.9% in 2011-12.

Annexure-I

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1118 for 02.03.2016

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## Poverty Lines and Poverty Head Count Ratio for 2004-05

## (Tendulkar Methodology)

| States            | Poverty Line (Rs)   | Poverty Line (Rs)   | Poverty Headcount Ratio (%)   | Poverty Headcount Ratio (%)   | Poverty Headcount Ratio (%)   |
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| States            | Rural               | Urban               | Rural                         | Urban                         | Total                         |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 433.43              | 563.16              | 32.3                          | 23.4                          | 29.9                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 547.14              | 618.45              | 33.6                          | 23.5                          | 31.1                          |
| Assam             | 478                 | 600.03              | 36.4                          | 21.8                          | 34.4                          |
| Bihar             | 433.43              | 526.18              | 55.7                          | 43.7                          | 54.4                          |
| Chhattisgarh      | 398.92              | 513.7               | 55.1                          | 28.4                          | 49.4                          |
| Delhi             | 541.39              | 642.47              | 15.6                          | 12.9                          | 13.1                          |
| Goa               | 608.76              | 671.15              | 28.1                          | 22.2                          | 25                            |
| Gujarat           | 501.58              | 659.18              | 39.1                          | 20.1                          | 31.8                          |
| Haryana           | 529.42              | 626.41              | 24.8                          | 22.4                          | 24.1                          |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 520.4               | 605.74              | 25                            | 4.6                           | 22.9                          |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 522.3               | 602.89              | 14.1                          | 10.4                          | 13.2                          |
| Jharkhand         | 404.79              | 531.35              | 51.6                          | 23.8                          | 45.3                          |
| Karnataka         | 417.84              | 588.06              | 37.5                          | 25.9                          | 33.4                          |
| Kerala            | 537.31              | 584.7               | 20.2                          | 18.4                          | 19.7                          |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 408.41              | 532.26              | 53.6                          | 35.1                          | 48.6                          |
| Maharashtra       | 484.89              | 631.85              | 47.9                          | 25.6                          | 38.1                          |
| Manipur           | 578.11              | 641.13              | 39.3                          | 34.5                          | 38                            |
| Meghalaya         | 503.32              | 745.73              | 14                            | 24.7                          | 16.1                          |
| Mizoram           | 639.27              | 699.75              | 23                            | 7.9                           | 15.3                          |
| Nagaland          | 687.3               | 782.93              | 10                            | 4.3                           | 9                             |
| Orissa            | 407.78              | 497.31              | 60.8                          | 37.6                          | 57.2                          |
| Pondicherry       | 385.45              | 506.17              | 22.9                          | 9.9                           | 14.1                          |
| Punjab            | 543.51              | 642.51              | 22.1                          | 18.7                          | 20.9                          |
| Rajasthan         | 478                 | 568.15              | 35.8                          | 29.7                          | 34.4                          |
| Sikkim            | 531.5               | 741.68              | 31.8                          | 25.9                          | 31.1                          |
| Tamil Nadu        | 441.69              | 559.77              | 37.5                          | 19.7                          | 28.9                          |
| Tripura           | 450.49              | 555.79              | 44.5                          | 22.5                          | 40.6                          |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 435.14              | 532.12              | 42.7                          | 34.1                          | 40.9                          |

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Poverty Lines and Poverty Head Count Ratio for 2004-05 (Tendulkar Methodology)

| States      | Poverty Line (Rs)   | Poverty Line (Rs)   | Poverty Headcount Ratio (%)   | Poverty Headcount Ratio (%)   | Poverty Headcount Ratio (%)   |
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|             | Rural               | Urban               | Rural                         | Urban                         | Total                         |
| Uttaranchal | 486.24              | 602.39              | 35.1                          | 26.2                          | 32.7                          |
| West Bengal | 445.38              | 572.51              | 38.2                          | 24.4                          | 34.3                          |
| All India   | 446.68              | 578.8               | 41.8                          | 25.7                          | 37.2                          |

## Annexure-II

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1118 for 02.03.2016

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## State specific Poverty Lines for 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

|                   | Monthly per capita (Rs.)   | Monthly per capita (Rs.)   |
|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| States            | Rural                      | Urban                      |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 860                        | 1,009                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 930                        | 1,060                      |
| Assam             | 828                        | 1,008                      |
| Bihar             | 778                        | 923                        |
| Chhattisgarh      | 738                        | 849                        |
| Delhi             | 1,145                      | 1,134                      |
| Goa               | 1,090                      | 1,134                      |
| Gujarat           | 932                        | 1,152                      |
| Haryana           | 1,015                      | 1,169                      |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 913                        | 1,064                      |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 891                        | 988                        |
| Jharkhand         | 748                        | 974                        |
| Karnataka         | 902                        | 1,089                      |
| Kerala            | 1,018                      | 987                        |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 771                        | 897                        |
| Maharashtra       | 967                        | 1,126                      |
| Manipur           | 1,118                      | 1,170                      |
| Meghalaya         | 888                        | 1,154                      |
| Mizoram           | 1,066                      | 1,155                      |
| Nagaland          | 1,270                      | 1,302                      |
| Odisha            | 695                        | 861                        |
| Punjab            | 1,054                      | 1,155                      |
| Rajasthan         | 905                        | 1,002                      |
| Sikkim            | 930                        | 1,226                      |
| Tamil Nadu        | 880                        | 937                        |
| Tripura           | 798                        | 920                        |
| Uttarakhand       | 880                        | 1,082                      |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 768                        | 941                        |
| West Bengal       | 783                        | 981                        |
| Puducherry        | 1,301                      | 1,309                      |
| All India         | 816                        | 1,000                      |

Annexure-III

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1118 for 02.03.2016

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## Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

|                   | Rural           | Rural                  | Urban           | Urban                  | Total           | Total                  |
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| States/UTs        | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 10.96           | 61.80                  | 5.81            | 16.98                  | 9.20            | 78.78                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 38.93           | 4.25                   | 20.33           | 0.66                   | 34.67           | 4.91                   |
| Assam             | 33.89           | 92.06                  | 20.49           | 9.21                   | 31.98           | 101.27                 |
| Bihar             | 34.06           | 320.4                  | 31.23           | 37.75                  | 33.74           | 358.15                 |
| Chhattisgarh      | 44.61           | 88.90                  | 24.75           | 15.22                  | 39.93           | 104.11                 |
| Delhi             | 12.92           | 0.50                   | 9.84            | 16.46                  | 9.91            | 16.96                  |
| Goa               | 6.81            | 0.37                   | 4.09            | 0.38                   | 5.09            | 0.75                   |
| Gujarat           | 21.54           | 75.35                  | 10.14           | 26.88                  | 16.63           | 102.23                 |
| Haryana           | 11.64           | 19.42                  | 10.28           | 9.41                   | 11.16           | 28.83                  |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 8.48            | 5.29                   | 4.33            | 0.30                   | 8.06            | 5.59                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 11.54           | 10.73                  | 7.20            | 2.53                   | 10.35           | 13.27                  |
| Jharkhand         | 40.84           | 104.09                 | 24.83           | 20.24                  | 36.96           | 124.33                 |
| Karnataka         | 24.53           | 92.8                   | 15.25           | 36.96                  | 20.91           | 129.76                 |
| Kerala            | 9.14            | 15.48                  | 4.97            | 8.46                   | 7.05            | 23.95                  |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 35.74           | 190.95                 | 21.00           | 43.1                   | 31.65           | 234.06                 |
| Maharashtra       | 24.22           | 150.56                 | 9.12            | 47.36                  | 17.35           | 197.92                 |
| Manipur           | 38.80           | 7.45                   | 32.59           | 2.78                   | 36.89           | 10.22                  |
| Meghalaya         | 12.53           | 3.04                   | 9.26            | 0.57                   | 11.87           | 3.61                   |
| Mizoram           | 35.43           | 1.91                   | 6.36            | 0.37                   | 20.40           | 2.27                   |
| Nagaland          | 19.93           | 2.76                   | 16.48           | 1.00                   | 18.88           | 3.76                   |
| Odisha            | 35.69           | 126.14                 | 17.29           | 12.39                  | 32.59           | 138.53                 |
| Punjab            | 7.66            | 13.35                  | 9.24            | 9.82                   | 8.26            | 23.18                  |
| Rajasthan         | 16.05           | 84.19                  | 10.69           | 18.73                  | 14.71           | 102.92                 |

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## Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12 (Tendulkar Methodology)

|                    | Rural           | Rural                  | Urban           | Urban                  | Total           | Total                  |
|--------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| States/UTs         | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | %age of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| Sikkim             | 9.85            | 0.45                   | 3.66            | 0.06                   | 8.19            | 0.51                   |
| Tamil Nadu         | 15.83           | 59.23                  | 6.54            | 23.40                  | 11.28           | 82.63                  |
| Tripura            | 16.53           | 4.49                   | 7.42            | 0.75                   | 14.05           | 5.24                   |
| Uttarakhand        | 11.62           | 8.25                   | 10.48           | 3.35                   | 11.26           | 11.6                   |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 30.40           | 479.35                 | 26.06           | 118.84                 | 29.43           | 598.19                 |
| West Bengal        | 22.52           | 141.14                 | 14.66           | 43.83                  | 19.98           | 184.98                 |
| Puducherry         | 17.06           | 0.69                   | 6.30            | 0.55                   | 9.69            | 1.24                   |
| A&N Islands        | 1.57            | 0.04                   | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 1.00            | 0.04                   |
| Chandigarh         | 1.64            | 0.004                  | 22.31           | 2.34                   | 21.81           | 2.35                   |
| Dadra & Nagar      | 62.59           | 1.15                   | 15.38           | 0.28                   | 39.31           | 1.43                   |
| Haveli Daman & Diu | 0.00            | 0.00                   | 12.62           | 0.26                   | 9.86            | 0.26                   |
| 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                |

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