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Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren RANCHI: More than big industrial units like power and steel plants, people in Jharkhand require assistance in sectors like agriculture, tourism and the likes for overall development of the state, chief minister Hemant Soren said on Thursday while speaking at the state-level workshop on sustainable development goals India Index and Multidimensional Poverty Index. The workshop was organised jointly by the state government and the Niti Aayog at Project Building in Ranchi. The workshop was part of Niti Aayog’s plan to prepare roadmap for 2030 to evaluate a...

Measuring poverty’s multiple dimensions: New guidance for countries developing Multidimensional Poverty Measures Traditionally, the World Bank has reported and provided advice on poverty measurement through the income and consumption expenditure measures. This approach looks at a monetary minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. Over the last few decades, economists, policymakers, and researchers’ debates have focused on the importance of looking at wellbeing through a broader lens, thus incorporating in the measurement of poverty aspects of life su...