10% of rural India lives below poverty line
2 Aug 2012 2:38 PM IST
The fact that 10 per cent of rural India lives below the poverty line set by the planning commission, paints a dismissal picture of the economic growth of the country.
According to a survey by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), released for 2011-12 on household consumer expenditure, the poorest 10 per cent of India's rural population had an average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of Rs 503.49 per month, this means that 10 percent of rural India lives on less than Rs 17 per day.
As per the NSSO for the period of July 2011 to June 2012, ' The poorest 10 per cent of the urban population had an average MPCE of Rs 702.26,' which means that the daily per capita expenditure is Rs 23.40 in urban areas.
According to the survey , in urban areas, 70 per cent of the population lives on a daily expenditure of about Rs 43.16. Although the person belonging to the top 20 per cent of population consumes more than Rs 100 a day.
In rural areas half of the population was living on a per capita daily expenditure of Rs 34.33. It is pointed out in the survey that in rural areas, half of the population belong to households with MPCE below Rs 1,030 and nearly 40 per cent of the rural population had MCPE of below Rs 922. The provisional results of the NSS survey are based on sample of 59,070 households in 7,391 villages and 41,602 households in 5,223 urban blocks.
According to a survey by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), released for 2011-12 on household consumer expenditure, the poorest 10 per cent of India's rural population had an average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of Rs 503.49 per month, this means that 10 percent of rural India lives on less than Rs 17 per day.
As per the NSSO for the period of July 2011 to June 2012, ' The poorest 10 per cent of the urban population had an average MPCE of Rs 702.26,' which means that the daily per capita expenditure is Rs 23.40 in urban areas.
According to the survey , in urban areas, 70 per cent of the population lives on a daily expenditure of about Rs 43.16. Although the person belonging to the top 20 per cent of population consumes more than Rs 100 a day.
In rural areas half of the population was living on a per capita daily expenditure of Rs 34.33. It is pointed out in the survey that in rural areas, half of the population belong to households with MPCE below Rs 1,030 and nearly 40 per cent of the rural population had MCPE of below Rs 922. The provisional results of the NSS survey are based on sample of 59,070 households in 7,391 villages and 41,602 households in 5,223 urban blocks.
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