How Poverty Line is Determined in the Indian States?
Suresh Tendulkar panel (in 2011-12) said that those who spend Rs. 27 in rural areas and Rs. 33 in urban areas are not poor. While an expert panel headed by former RBI governor C. Rangarajan said in a report submitted to the BJP government in July, 2014 that those spending over Rs 32 a day in rural areas and Rs 47 in towns and cities should not be considered poor.
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Definition: Poverty & Poverty Line in India
Anti Poverty & Employment Generating Programmes in India
| S.N. |
State/union territory |
Rural Expenditure/month in Rs. |
Urban Expenditure/month in Rs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
860 |
1009 |
|
| 2. |
778 |
923 |
|
| 3. |
738 |
849 |
|
| 4. |
Delhi |
1145 |
1134 |
| 5. |
Gujarat |
932 |
1152 |
| 6. |
1015 |
1169 |
|
| 7. |
Himachal Pradesh |
913 |
1064 |
| 8. |
748 |
974 |
|
| 9. |
Karnataka |
902 |
1089 |
| 10. |
Kerala |
1018 |
987 |
| 11. |
771 |
897 |
|
| 12. |
967 |
1126 |
|
| 13. |
Odisha |
695 |
861 |
| 14. |
Punjab |
1054 |
1155 |
| 15. |
905 |
1002 |
|
| 16. |
Tamil Nadu |
880 |
937 |
| 17. |
768 |
941 |
|
| 18. |
Uttrakhand |
880 |
1082 |
| 19. |
West Bengal |
783 |
981 |
| All India |
816 |
1000 |