(a) Whether recent estimates suggest that the projections on reduction of proportion and
number of people below poverty line made in the Ninth Plan have not been realised in the
first two years of the Plan period;
(b) If so, the details thereof;
(c) the reasons for not realization of the projections; and
(d) the extent to which the structural reforms policies are responsible for this?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DISINVESTMENT, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF PLANNING, STATISTICS
& PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES (SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
(a): The annual projections of the proportion and number of people below the poverty line
have not been made in the Ninth Five Year Plan. However, the Ninth Five Year Plan has projected
the percentage of people living below the poverty line to 17.98% by the terminal year of the Ninth
Five Year Plan (2001-02).
(b) to (d): Does not arise.