Accrording to the planning commision of India the population of
Indians below poverty line is 41 crore as of June 2011. So 1 in every
3 indian is BPL. The per capita income of an Indian residing in urban
and rural area just above the poverty line is Rs. 1000 and Rs. 800
respectively. The actual figures will come out in National Sample
Survey in 2011-12.
