13.5 cr Indians out of multidimensional poverty during FY16-21: Niti Aayog report
New Delhi: As many as 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty between financial years 2015-16 and 2019-21, according to NITI Aayog’s ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index. The report titled ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’ released on Monday showed a decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of India’s multidimensionally poor from 24.85% in FY16 to 14.96% in FY21, according to the second edition of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
‘Multidimensional Poverty Measure’ takes into account poverty beyond monetary deprivations by including access to education and basic infrastructure. The NITI Aayog report also takes into account impact of welfare schemes ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ and ‘Anaemia Mukt Bharat’, ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ (SBM), ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ among others.
rural areas witnessed the fastest decline in poverty from 32.59% to 19.28%. During the same period, the urban areas saw a reduction in poverty from 8.65% to 5.27%, as per the report.
“Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline in number of poor with 3.43 crore people escaping multidimensional poverty," it said. Citing multidimensional poverty estimates for 36 states and union territories and 707 districts, the report said that the fastest reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor was observed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
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