India's Multidimensional Poverty Declines: 24.8 cr People Moved Out
Jan 15, 2024 16:53
India witnessed a significant decline in multidimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23, with 24.82 crore people moving out of poverty, as per a NITI Aayog report. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh saw the largest decline.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (PTI) As many as 24.82 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty in nine years from 2013-14 to 2022-23, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh registering the largest decline, NITI Aayog said in a report on Monday.
Multidimensional poverty is measured by improvement in health, education, and standard of living, it said.
According to the NITI discussion paper, multidimensional poverty in India was found to have declined from 29.17 per cent in 2013-14 to 11.28 per cent in 2022-23, with about 24.82 crore people moving out of this bracket during this period.
The national multidimensional poverty measures simultaneous deprivations across three equally weighted dimensions of health, education, and standard of living that are represented by 12 sustainable development goals-aligned indicators, according to NITI Aayog.
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.
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