Number of Urban Poor
By Delhi Bureau
The Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that as per the Planning Commission estimates 807.60 lakhs urban people were below poverty line in the year 2004-05. A Statement showing State-wise number of urban poor is at Annexure.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today she said, the poverty line has been traditionally defined by the Planning Commission on the basis of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) as the criterion. The number and proportion of persons living below the poverty line are computed for the States as well as the country using the data from Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure carried out by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO).
She said, no State Government has approached the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation regarding reservations on the criteria for determination of urban poor.
| Population below poverty line urban areas (2004-2005) | ||||
| S.No. | States/UTs | Urban Poverty line (Rs. Per capita per month) | No. of Persons (Lakhs) | Head Count Ratio
(%) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 563.16 | 51.30 | 23.40 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 618.45 | 0.70 | 23.50 |
| 3 | Assam | 600.03 | 8.40 | 21.80 |
| 4 | Bihar | 526.18 | 40.90 | 43.70 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 513.70 | 13.40 | 28.40 |
| 6 | Delhi | 642.47 | 18.90 | 12.90 |
| 7 | Goa | 671.15 | 1.70 | 22.20 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 659.18 | 41.90 | 20.10 |
| 9 | Haryana | 626.41 | 15.80 | 22.40 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 605.74 | 0.30 | 4.60 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 602.89 | 2.90 | 10.40 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 531.35 | 15.60 | 23.80 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 588.06 | 50.80 | 25.90 |
| 14 | Kerala | 584.70 | 15.70 | 18.40 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 532.26 | 61.70 | 35.10 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 631.85 | 116.10 | 25.60 |
| 17 | Manipur | 641.13 | 2.10 | 34.50 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 745.73 | 1.20 | 24.70 |
| 19 | Mizoram | 699.75 | 0.40 | 7.90 |
| 20 | Nagaland | 782.93 | 0.20 | 4.30 |
| 21 | Orissa | 497.31 | 22.70 | 37.60 |
| 22 | Punjab | 642.51 | 17.20 | 18.70 |
| 23 | Rajasthan | 568.15 | 42.80 | 29.70 |
| 24 | Sikkim | 741.68 | 0.20 | 25.90 |
| 25 | Tamil Nadu | 559.77 | 61.30 | 19.70 |
| 26 | Tripura | 555.79 | 1.30 | 22.50 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 532.12 | 130.30 | 34.10 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 602.39 | 6.40 | 26.20 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 572.51 | 57.90 | 24.40 |
| 30 | Pondicherry | 506.17 | 0.70 | 9.90 |
| ALL INDIA | 578.80 | 807.60 | 25.70 | |
