The Planning Commission estimated the following percentage of Below Poverty Line (BPL) for Bihar in 1993-94—

Explanation

On the Lakdawala formula, the percentage of people below the poverty line for Bihar in 1993-94 was estimated at 54.96. In 2004-05, the percentage of poverty in Bihar was 41.4. On the Suresh Tendulkar formula, poverty was 54.4 percent in 2004-05 and 33.7 percent in 2011-12. During 2019-21, poverty in Bihar was 33.76 percent.