According to a NITI Aayog report, 24.82 crore people came out of multi-dimensional poverty in India in 9 years to 2022-23.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh registered the largest decline.
As per NITI Aayog’s discussion paper, multidimensional poverty in India decreased from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23.
crore people came out of multidimensional poverty every year.
As per NITI Aayog, the national multidimensional poverty judges simultaneous deprivations across three dimensions.
These three dimensions are health, education, and standard of living.
These three dimensions are represented by 12 sustainable development goals-aligned indicators.
These include nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, maternal health, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, assets, and bank accounts.
NITI Aayog’s National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) uses the Alkire Foster methodology to assess the decline in poverty rates.
National MPI covers 12 indicators. On the other hand, global MPI covers 10 indicators.
Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 5.94 crore people coming out of poverty. It was followed by Bihar at 3.77 crore and Madhya Pradesh at 2.30 crore.
As per NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam, “Government has a goal to bring down multidimensional poverty to below 1%.”
According to the discussion paper, India is all set to reach single-digit poverty levels during 2024.
The discussion paper said, “India is likely to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1.2 (reducing multidimensional poverty by at least half) much ahead of 2030.”
The recent National MPI was based on National Family Health Surveys 4 (2015-16) and 5 (2019-21).
