(a) the number of persons brought above poverty line in various states including
Maharashtra during the last three years till date alongwith the number of people
still living below poverty line; and
(b) the number of people belonging to SC/STs among them, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (SHRI M.V.RAJASEKHARAN)
(a): Planning Commission estimates the number of persons living below the poverty line
using data from the quinquennial rounds of National Sample survey Organisation (NSSO) on
household consumption expenditure. The last such survey was carried out in 1999-2000, and as
such the data for the last three years are not available. Based on the last two such rounds of
NSSO conducted in 1993-94 and 1999-2000, the total number of persons living below poverty
line in rural and urban areas and at all India level including Maharashtra is given below in table.
Total number of persons living below poverty line(in lakhs) Years Rural Urban Combined All India level 1993-94 2440.31 763.37 3203.68 1999-2000 1932.43 670.07 2602.50 Maharashtra 1993-94 193.33 111.90 305.22 1999-2000 125.12 102.87 227.99The state-wise estimates of number of persons living below poverty line including Maharashtra for 1993-94 and 1999-2000 is given in Annexure-I.
Number of Persons Living Below Poverty Line. (in lakhs) - S.No. States/U.T.`s 1993-94 1999-2000 - Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined - 1 2 3 5 7 3 5 7 -Annexure-II
1. Andhra Pradesh 79.49 74.47 153.97 58.13 60.88 119.01 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3.62 0.11 3.73 3.80 0.18 3.98 3. Assam 94.33 2.03 96.36 92.17 2.38 94.55 4. Bihar 450.86 42.49 493.35 376.51 49.13 425.64 5. Goa 0.38 1.53 1.91 0.11 0.59 0.70 6. Gujarat 62.16 43.02 105.19 39.80 28.09 67.89 7 Haryana 36.56 7.31 43.88 11.94 5.39 17.34 8. Himachal Pradesh 15.40 0.46 15.86 4.84 0.29 5.12 9. Jammu & Kashmir 19.05 1.86 20.92 2.97 0.49 3.46 10. Karnataka 95.99 60.46 156.46 59.91 44.49 104.40 11. Kerala 55.95 20.46 76.41 20.97 20.07 41.04 12. Madhya Pradesh 216.19 82.33 298.52 217.32 81.22 298.54 13. Maharashtra 193.33 111.90 305.22 125.12 102.87 227.99 14. Manipur 6.33 0.47 6.80 6.53 0.66 7.19 15. Meghalaya 7.09 0.29 7.38 7.89 0.34 8.23 16. Mizoram 1.64 0.30 1.94 1.40 0.45 1.85 17. Nagaland 4.85 0.20 5.05 5.21 0.28 5.49 18. Orissa 140.90 19.70 160.60 143.69 25.40 169.09 19. Punjab 17.76 7.35 25.11 10.20 4.29 14.49 20. Rajasthan 94.68 33.82 128.50 55.06 26.78 81.83 21. Sikkim 1.81 0.03 1.84 2.00 0.04 2.05 22. Tamil Nadu 121.70 80.40 202.10 80.51 49.97 130.48 23. Tripura 11.41 0.38 11.79 12.53 0.49 13.02 24. Uttar Pradesh 496.17 108.28 604.46 412.01 117.88 529.89 25. West Bengal 209.90 44.66 254.56 180.11 33.38 213.49 26. A & N Island 0.73 0.33 1.06 0.58 0.24 0.82 27. Chandigarh 0.07 0.73 0.80 0.06 0.45 0.51 28. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.72 0.06 0.77 0.30 0.03 0.33 29. Daman & Diu 0.03 0.15 0.18 0.01 0.05 0.06 30. Delhi 0.19 15.32 15.51 0.07 11.42 11.49 31. Lakshadweep 0.06 0.08 0.14 0.03 0.08 0.11 32. Pondicherry 0.93 2.38 3.31 0.64 1.77 2.41 All India 2440.31 763.37 3203.68 1932.43 670.07 2602.50
Percentage of SC and ST Population below Poverty Line by States for 1993-94 - Rural Urban - S.No. States Sched- Sched- All Sched- Sched- All uled uled Popul- uled uled Popul- Caste Tribe ation Caste Tribe ation - 1 Andhra Pradesh 26.02 25.66 15.92 43.82 46.68 38.33 2 Assam 45.38 41.44 45.01 14.34 7.11 7.73 3 Bihar 70.66 69.75 58.21 55.16 35.76 34.50 4 Gujarat 32.26 31.20 22.18 44.99 35.47 27.89 5 Haryana 46.56 41.55 28.02 23.58 0.00 16.38 6 Himachal Pradesh 36.89 63.94 30.34 18.52 0.00 9.18 7 Karnataka 46.36 37.33 29.88 61.59 62.05 40.14 8 Kerala 36.43 37.34 25.76 31.59 1.08 24.55 9 Madhya Pradesh 45.83 56.69 40.64 65.00 65.28 48.38 10 Maharashtra 51.64 50.38 37.93 52.56 61.06 35.15 11 Orissa 48.95 71.26 49.72 47.45 64.85 41.64 12 Punjab 22.08 27.00 11.95 27.96 0.00 11.35 13 Rajasthan 38.38 46.23 26.46 48.63 13.21 30.49 14 Tamil Nadu 44.05 44.37 32.48 61.50 30.08 39.77 15 Uttar Pradesh 58.99 37.11 42.28 58.02 36.89 35.39 16 West Bengal 45.29 61.95 40.80 37.73 19.41 22.41 All India 48.11 51.94 37.27 49.48 41.14 32.36N.B.: 1 The estimates are based on the methodology outlined in the Report of the Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor.
Percentage of SC and ST Population below Poverty Line by States for 1999-2000 Rural Urban S. States Sched- Sched- All Sched- Sched- All No. uled uled uled uled Caste Tribe Caste Tribe 1 Andhra Pradesh 16.49 23.82 11.14 41.42 44.99 26.53 2 Assam 44.00 38.73 40.20 19.99 2.70 7.47 3 Bihar 59.81 59.68 44.22 51.91 39.47 32.95 4 Gujarat 17.77 29.11 13.17 29.13 36.66 15.59 5 Haryana 19.03 - 8.27 25.38 - 9.99 6 Himachal Pradesh 13.15 5.73 7.94 6.74 - 4.63 7 Karnataka 26.22 25.49 17.36 47.01 51.37 25.25 8 Kerala 14.64 24.20 9.38 24.15 - 20.27 9 Madhya Pradesh 41.29 56.26 37.09 54.24 52.59 38.54 10 Maharashtra 33.27 43.56 23.82 39.88 42.98 26.91 11 Orissa 51.83 73.93 48.13 70.59 59.59 43.13 12 Punjab 12.39 17.99 6.44 11.30 12.95 5.80 13 Rajasthan 19.62 25.27 13.65 41.82 20.71 19.85 14 Taiml Nadu 32.59 43.20 20.55 44.94 5.22 22.17 15 Uttar Pradesh 43.65 34.06 31.22 43.51 13.27 30.90 16 West Bengal 35.10 50.02 31.82 28.15 31.88 14.86 17 All India 36.25 45.86 27.11 38.47 34.75 23.65 N.B.(i) The Poverty Line for all population is used for SC`s and ST`s.