250 million out of poverty: How to read this headline
Last week, Niti Aayog said that more than 250 million people are out of multidimensional poverty. But what lies below the numbers?
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Last week, Niti Aayog said that more than 250 million people are out of multidimensional poverty. But what lies below the numbers?
Let’s identify and focus on a single variable that captures most of what India needs to track deprivation.
According to the estimated share of MPI poor in 2013-14 and 2022-23, Bihar recorded a 53 per cent drop from 56.3 per cent share of MPI poor in 2013-14 to 26.59 per cent in 2022-23.
An estimated 24.8 crore Indians may have moved out of multidimensional poverty in the past nine years, with UP and Bihar recording the biggest improvement, according to a new paper by Niti Aayog officials.
More than half of India’s population was multidimensionally poor in 2005-06, going by NFHS data for that period. This fell to 14.96% by 2019-21, according to Niti Aayog