(a) the number of people living below the poverty line in various States during
the Ninth Five Year Plan;
(b) the details of the areas where more than 40 per cent people are living below
the poverty line, State-wise; and
(c) the guidelines proposed to the Tenth Five Year Plan for development of
these areas on priority basis?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES,
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES &
PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING & MINISTER
OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a) The Planning Commission estimates poverty at national and state level
from the large sample surveys on household consumer expenditure
conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) at an
interval of approximately five years. The two latest such surveys were
conducted in 1993-94 (NSS 50th Round) and 1999-2000 (NSS 55th
Round). The state wise percentage and number of people living below
the poverty line for the years 1993-94 and 1999-2000 are given in
Annexure I.
(b) Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and Dadra
& Nagar Haveli have more than 40 percent of the people living below
poverty line in 1993-94. Whereas in 1999-2000, Bihar and Orissa are the
only states which have more than 40 percent of the people living below
poverty line.
(c) Tenth Five Year Plan is under preparation.
Annexure For LS Unstarred Qn. 1629
ANNEXURE - I
Number and Percentage of People Below Povery Line
1993-94 1999-2000 No. of % of No. of % of Persons Persons Person Persons (Lakhs) (Lakhs)
1. Andhra Pradesh 153.97 22.19 119.01 15.77
2. Arunachal Pr. 3.73 39.35 3.98 33.47
3. Assam 96.36 40.86 94.55 36.09
4. Bihar 493.35 54.96 425.64 42.60
5. Goa 1.91 14.92 0.70 4.40 6. Gujarat 105.19 24.21 67.89 14.07
7 Haryana 43.88 25.05 17.34 8.74
8. Himachal Pr. 15.86 28.44 5.12 7.63
9. Jammu & Kashmir 20.92 25.17 3.46 3.48 10. Karnataka 156.46 33.16 104.40 20.04 11. Kerala 76.41 25.43 41.04 12.72 12. Madhya Pradesh 298.52 42.52 298.54 37.43 13. Maharashtra 305.22 36.86 227.99 25.02 14. Manipur 6.80 33.78 7.19 28.54 15. Meghalaya 7.38 37.92 8.23 33.87 16. Mizoram 1.94 25.66 1.85 19.47 17. Nagaland 5.05 37.92 5.49 32.67 18. Orissa 160.60 48.56 169.09 47.15 19. Punjab 25.11 11.77 14.49 6.16 20. Rajasthan 128.50 27.41 81.83 15.28 21. Sikkim 1.84 41.43 2.05 36.55 22. Tamil Nadu 202.10 35.03 130.48 21.12 23. Tripura 11.79 39.01 13.02 34.44 24. Uttar Pradesh 604.46 40.85 529.89 31.15 25. West Bengal 254.56 35.66 213.49 27.02 26. A & N Island 1.06 34.47 0.82 20.99 27. Chandigarh 0.80 11.35 0.51 5.75 28. Dadra Nagar Hav 0.77 50.84 0.33 17.14 29. Daman & Diu 0.18 15.80 0.06 4.44 30. Delhi 15.51 14.69 11.49 8.23 31. Lakshadweep 0.14 25.04 0.11 15.60 32. Pondicherry 3.31 37.40 2.41 21.67 - All India 3203.68 35.97 2602.50 26.10