MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING
AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) to (d) The official poverty estimates are based on 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 latest data of Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure has been collected by NSSO in its 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 as 2697.83 Lakh in 2011-12. The number of persons living below poverty in 2011-12 State/UT-wise are given at Annexure. According to the Press Note issued on 22nd July 2013 the poverty line has been defined on the basis of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) as the criterion. According to the Press Note, the number of persons living below poverty line in the country has come down from 4076.1 Lakh (37.2%) in 2004-05 to 2697.83 Lakh (21.9%) in 2011-12. In rural areas, it has reduced from 41.8 percent during 2004-05 to 25.7 percent in 2011-12 whereas in urban areas the poverty ratio has declined from 25.7 percent to 13.7 percent during the same period.
(e) The primary policy objective of the Government is development of all segments of the population. The Government is implementing a number of targeted programmes in this regard, like Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Stand Up India Scheme etc. These interventions are expected to yield better results over time towards overall balanced development in the country.
Number and Percentage of Population below poverty line by states - 2011-12 Annexure
(Tendulkar Methodology)
S.No. States Rural Urban Total
%age of Persons No. of Persons (lakhs) %age of Persons No. of Persons (lakhs) %age 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.
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