Question : Survey of BPL Population

(a) the year in which the latest survey in regard to BPL population was conducted in the country and the nature of shortcomings found therein along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard;

(b) the number of persons identified as living Below Poverty Line (BPL), State and category-wise with socio-religious bifurcation;

(c) whether the said survey was supposed to be conducted again after a certain period of time; and

(d) if so, the time by which the said survey is likely to be conducted?

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. These surveys are normally conducted on quinquennial basis. 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. At present the number of persons living below poverty line in India has been estimated as 27 crore (21.92%) in 2011-12. The estimates of Poverty Ratio among social groups is given at Annexure –I and state-wise number of persons living below poverty line is given at Annexure – II.





Annexure-I

Social Groups 2011-12 (% of population)
Rural Urban
Scheduled Tribes 45.3 24.1
Scheduled Castes 31.5 21.7
Other Backward Castes 22.6 15.4
Others 15.5 8.2
All Population 25.7 13.7