MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) & (b) The erstwhile Planning Commission estimated poverty line and poverty ratio on the basis of Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure carried out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The last data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure published by NSSO was for the 68th round conducted in 2011-12. Based on this data, the erstwhile Planning Commission estimated poverty lines and poverty ratio in 2011-12 following the extant Tendulkar Committee methodology and released through a Press Note issued on 22nd July 2013. According to this Press Note, the number of persons living below poverty line in India has been estimated to be 27 crore in 2011-12. The poverty line was defined on the basis of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) as the criterion. For the year 2011-12, the poverty line at all India level has been estimated as Monthly Per-capita Consumption Expenditure of Rs. 816 for rural areas and Rs. 1000 for urban areas. The State/UT-wise details of population living below poverty line in 2011-12 including Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu are given at Annexure.
(c) to (d) The Government of India has been focusing on inclusive growth as reflected in its commitment of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and has taken various steps to uplift the people living below poverty line in the country. Government of India is implementing several schemes, both Central sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes, for reducing the poverty in the country. Some of the schemes aim to directly benefit the citizens through Direct Benefit transfer of resources/ money while others aim at creating enabling infrastructural provisions. These include Mahatma Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhayay – Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme, Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna (PMGKAY), Aspirational Districts Programme, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana, Skill India, Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Stand Up India Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural and Urban), etc.
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Annexure
Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12
(Tendulkar Methodology)
Sl.
No. States Rural Urban Total
% of
Persons No. of Persons (lakhs) % of Persons No. of Persons (lakhs) % of Persons No. of Persons (lakhs)
1 Andhra Pradesh 10.96 61.80 5.81 16.98 9.20 78.78
2 Arunachal Pradesh 38.93 4.25 20.33 0.66 34.67 4.91
3 Assam 33.89 92.06 20.49 9.21 31.98 101.27
4 Bihar 34.06 320.40 31.23 37.75 33.74 358.15
5 Chhattisgarh 44.61 88.90 24.75 15.22 39.93 104.11
6 Delhi 12.92 0.50 9.84 16.46 9.91 16.96
7 Goa 6.81 0.37 4.09 0.38 5.09 0.75
8 Gujarat 21.54 75.35 10.14 26.88 16.63 102.23
9 Haryana 11.64 19.42 10.28 9.41 11.16 28.83
10 Himachal Pradesh 8.48 5.29 4.33 0.30 8.06 5.59
11 Jammu & Kashmir 11.54 10.73 7.20 2.53 10.35 13.27
12 Jharkhand 40.84 104.09 24.83 20.24 36.96 124.33
13 Karnataka 24.53 92.80 15.25 36.96 20.91 129.76
14 Kerala 9.14 15.48 4.97 8.46 7.05 23.95
15 Madhya Pradesh 35.74 190.95 21.00 43.10 31.65 234.06
16 Maharashtra 24.22 150.56 9.12 47.36 17.35 197.92
17 Manipur 38.80 7.45 32.59 2.78 36.89 10.22
18 Meghalaya 12.53 3.04 9.26 0.57 11.87 3.61
19 Mizoram 35.43 1.91 6.36 0.37 20.40 2.27
20 Nagaland 19.93 2.76 16.48 1.00 18.88 3.76
21 Odisha 35.69 126.14 17.29 12.39 32.59 138.53
22 Punjab 7.66 13.35 9.24 9.82 8.26 23.18
23 Rajasthan 16.05 84.19 10.69 18.73 14.71 102.92
24 Sikkim 9.85 0.45 3.66 0.06 8.19 0.51
25 Tamil Nadu 15.83 59.23 6.54 23.40 11.28 82.63
26 Tripura 16.53 4.49 7.42 0.75 14.05 5.24
27 Uttarakhand 11.62 8.25 10.48 3.35 11.26 11.60
28 Uttar Pradesh 30.40 479.35 26.06 118.84 29.43 598.19
29 West Bengal 22.52 141.14 14.66 43.83 19.98 184.98
30 Puducherry 17.06 0.69 6.30 0.55 9.69 1.24
31 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1.57 0.04 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.04
32 Chandigarh 1.64 0.004 22.31 2.34 21.81 2.35
33 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 62.59 1.15 15.38 0.28 39.31 1.43
34 Daman & Diu 0.00 0.00 12.62 0.26 9.86 0.26
35 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
Notes: 1. Population as on 1st March 2012 has been used for estimating number of persons below poverty line. (2011 Census population extrapolated)
2. Poverty line of Tamil Nadu has been used for Andaman and Nicobar Island.
3. Urban Poverty Line of Punjab has been used for both rural and urban areas of Chandigarh.
4. Poverty Line of Maharashtra has been used for Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
5. Poverty line of Goa has been used for Daman & Diu.
6. Poverty Line of Kerala has been used for Lakshadweep.
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