About 60% of rural India lives on less than Rs. 35 a day

Nearly 60% of India's rural population lives on less than Rs. 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs. 66 a day, reveals a central government survey on income & expenditure.

Mr. J Dash, Director General,  National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)  said, "In terms of average per capita daily expenditure, it comes out to be nearly Rs. 35 in rural and Rs. 66 in urban India. Nearly 60% of the population live with these expenditures or less in rural & urban areas"

 

According to the 66th round of  NSS (National Sample Survey) carried out between July 2009 & June 2010, all India average MPCE (Monthly per capita consumer expenditure) in rural areas was Rs. 1,054 and urban areas Rs.1,984.

Highlights of  Survey..!

* The survey also pointed out that 10% of the population at the lowest rung in rural areas lives on Rs. 15 a day, while in urban areas the figure is only a shade better at Rs. 20 day.

*  The poorest 10% of India's rural population had an average MPCE of Rs. 453. The poorest 10% of the urban population had an average MPCE of Rs. 599.

*  The NSSO survey also revealed that average MPCE in rural areas was lowest in Bihar and Chhattisgarh at about Rs. 780 followed by Orissa and Jharkhand at Rs. 820.

*  Among other states, Kerala has the highest rural MPCE at Rs. 1,835 followed by Punjab and Haryana at Rs. 1,649 and Rs. 1,510 respectively.

*  The the highest urban MCPE was in Maharashtra at Rs. 2,437 followed by Kerala at Rs. 2,413 and Haryana at Rs. 2,321. It was lowest in Bihar at Rs. 1,238.

*  The median level of MCPE was Rs. 895 in rural &  Rs. 1,502 in urban India, indicating consumption level of majority of population.

*  According to the study, food was estimated to account nearly 57% of the value of the average rural Indian household consumption during 2009-10 whereas it was 44% in cities.

*  The study reveals that the average monthly per capita consumption of cereals was 11.3 kg in rural areas and 9.4 kg in cities.

*  Based on NSSO estimates, the Planning Commission had pegged that poverty line at Rs. 28.65 and Rs. 22.42 daily consumption in urban &  rural areas respectively in 2009-10.

*  As per the Commission's estimates the number of persons living below poverty line was 35.46 crore in 2009-10, as compared to 40.72 crore in 2004-05.

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