NSSO survey paints dismal picture of India’s poverty
04 May 2012
About 60 per cent of the rural population in India lives on less than Rs35 a day with around as many in cities living on Rs66 a day, a government survey on income and expenditure has revealed.
"In terms of average per capita daily expenditure, it comes out to be about Rs35 in rural and Rs66 in urban India.
"About 60 per cent of the population lives with these expenditures or less in rural and urban areas," said director general of National Sample Survey Organisation J Dash in his preface to the report.
The 66th round of National Sample Survey carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, shows that all India average monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) in rural areas was Rs1,054 and in urban areas Rs1,984.
The survey also reveals that 10 per cent of the population at the lowest rung in rural areas lives on Rs15 a day, while in urban areas the figure is somewhat better at Rs20 day.
"The poorest 10 per cent of India's rural population had an average MPCE of Rs453. The poorest 10 per cent of the urban population had an average MPCE of Rs599", it said.
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