According to report, UP registered biggest decline in number of poor, followed by Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, where 3.77 crore, 2.30 crore and 1.87 crore people escaped poverty in the period.
Per capita income of Gujarat is about double that of West Bengal, but both states are at comparable levels of multidimensional poverty. West Bengal also showed more progress in 5 yrs.
NITI Aayog Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023 shows 13.5 crore Indians escaped poverty between 2016 and 2021. Data suggests a big boost came from ‘standard of living’ indicators.
ThePrint travelled across 3 UP districts in top 5 of Niti Aayog’s Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index, which measures deprivation in terms of health, education, living standards.
Report ranks UP No.1 in ‘incremental performance’ between 2018-19 and 2019-20. Among UTs, Delhi and J&K also at the bottom of list, but leading in ‘incremental performance’.
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