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SURVEY OF BPL AND APL PERSONS- JANKIPURAM EXTENSION, LUCKNOW

Introduction

Poverty has traditionally been defined in terms of income or consumption. The level of income which

ensures the minimum standard of living is taken as the income poverty line. The persons whose income

is less than this poverty line fall in the category of poor termed as BPL Category. The population falling

under Below poverty line category are denied even the basic needs of human life: food, safe drinking

water, shelter, health, education and are forced to live in degraded social and physical environment.

Survey

To get an insight of the Income, Expenditure and Savings of BPL and APL categories basic information

was collected from fiver persons and has been represented into forms of tables and charts.

Table -1 Details of Persons Below Poverty Line (BPL)

SL Name Age Monthly

Income

House

Rent

Education

of Child

Food Miscllaneous Monthly

Savings

1

Jayprakash

Yadav (Labour) 22 3000 500 150 1400 500 450

2

Santoshi Devi

(House Maid) 30 3125 500 250 1600 500 275

3

Ram Bahadur

(Watchman) 20 2200 500 125 1200 300 75

Average of BPL

Category 2775 500 175 1400 433 267

Table -2 Details of Persons Above Poverty Line (APL)

SL Name Age Monthly

Income

House

Rent

Education

of Child

Food Miscllaneous Monthly

Savings

1

Ram Baran

(Gardener) 40 8000 1200 600 2500 1500 2200

2

Mohd Shakil

(Small Tailor) 48 6500 800 400 2400 1000 1900

Average of APL

Category7250 1000 500 2450 1250 2050

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Chart -1 Graphical Representation of Average Expenditure and Savings

of Persons Below Poverty Line (BPL)

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Chart -2 Graphical Representation of Average Expenditure and Savings

of Persons above Poverty Line (APL)

FINDINGS REPORT:

1. The average income of BPL Persons was found to be Rs.2775 (Per Month)2. The average income of APL persons was found to be Rs. 7250 (Per Month)3. BPL persons spend 50 % of their income to meet out their food needs.4. APL persons spend 34% of their income to meet out their food needs.5. BPL Persons save only 10% of their income where as APL persons savings are 18 %

higher than APL.

6. The Expenditure on House Rent is almost same in both categories.7. The Miscellaneous expenditure is almost same in both categories.8. The survey was done for one person of a family and it does not include details of other

earning members of the family.

9. The survey was done in urban area whose result might be different than the personsliving in rural area under these categories.

10.The Miscellaneous expenditure included expenses on health, electricity, fuel andclothing.

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