As per the Planning Commission, what percentage of urban India was living below poverty line in 2011-12?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is 13.7.

Key Points

The percentage of persons below the Poverty Line in 2011-12 has been estimated as 25.7% in rural areas, 13.7% in urban areas and 21.9% for the country as a whole.22-Jul-2013.
In the year 2011 - 12, the destitution line for an individual was fixed at Rs 816 for provincial regions. For metropolitan regions it is Rs. 1000 under Tendulkar philosophy
The destitution line in 2011-12 as far as month to month per capita utilization consumption was assessed at Rs 816 in provincial regions and Rs 1,000 in metropolitan regions.
There are 269.3 million individuals living underneath the destitution line in the country, according to true gauges.

Additional Information

The poverty rate increased from 14.8% in 2019-'20 to 18.1% in 2020-'21.
Kerala (0.71 percent), Goa (3.76 percent), Sikkim (3.82 percent), Tamil Nadu (4.89 percent) and Punjab (5.59 percent) have enrolled the most minimal destitution across India and are at the lower part of the record.
According to the MPI, 51.91 percent populace of Bihar is poor.
Goa has the most reduced destitution pace of 5.09 percent.