How Poverty Line is Determined in the Indian States?

Hemant Pratap Singh

14-JUL-2016 18:05

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.	Andhra Pradesh	860	1009
2.	Bihar	778	923
3.	Chhattisgarh	738	849
4.	Delhi	1145	1134
5.	Gujarat	932	1152
6.	Haryana	1015	1169
7.	Himachal Pradesh	913	1064
8.	Jharkhand	748	974
9.	Karnataka	902	1089
10.	Kerala	1018	987
11.	Madhya Pradesh	771	897
12.	Maharashtra	967	1126
13.	Odisha	695	861
14.	Punjab	1054	1155
15.	Rajasthan	905	1002
16.	Tamil Nadu	880	937
17.	Uttar Pradesh	768	941
18.	Uttrakhand	880	1082
19.	West Bengal	783	981
	All India	816	1000