As many as 24.82 billion people will be lifted out of multidimensional poverty in the nine years to 2022-23, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh the largest number, Niti Aayog said in a report on Monday. It said that it recorded a decrease in
According to the NITI discussion paper, multidimensional poverty in India has decreased from 29.17 per cent in 2013-14 to 11.28 per cent in 2022-23, representing a decline of 17.89 percentage points and around 24.82 billion people have lost their lives during this period. Escaped from poverty. .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet about We will work together to ensure a prosperous future for all Indians.“ . According to NITI Aayog, a country's multidimensional poverty measures simultaneous poverty across three equally weighted dimensions: health, education and standard of living, which are aligned with the 12 Sustainable Development Goals. It is expressed as an index.
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. The National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) by Niti Aayog uses the Alkire Foster methodology to assess decline in poverty rate. However, the national MPI covers 12 indicators, whereas the global MPI covers 10 indicators.
At the state level, Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 5.94 billion people lifted out of poverty, followed by Bihar with 3.77 billion and Madhya Pradesh with 2.3 billion. During this period, all 12 of his indicators of MPS showed significant improvement.
Ramesh Chand, member of NITI Aayog, told reporters here after the publication of the paper that 24.82 people have escaped multidimensional poverty in nine years, which means that 2.75 billion people are living in multidimensional poverty every year. He said that he would be escaping from this.
NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said, „The government has a target of reducing multidimensional poverty to less than 1 per cent and all efforts are being made in that direction.“ The paper said India is expected to reach single-digit poverty levels by 2024.
Furthermore, using the exponential function method, the pace of decline in the poverty headcount ratio was from 2015-2016 to 2019-21 (annual rate of 10.66%), and from 2005-2016 to 2015-16 (7.69%). It also shows that it was much faster than annual decline percentage).
Poorer states show faster declines in poverty and narrower inequality, the paper said. The paper also said India is likely to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.2 (reducing multidimensional poverty by at least half) much earlier than 2030.
According to Chand, the growth in the agriculture sector has accelerated in the past nine years compared to any other period. The paper's latest estimates show that cooking fuel (43.90%) and housing (41.37%) remain the most exposed to poverty, while child and adolescent mortality (2.06%), electricity (3.27%) and banking Indicators such as accounts (3.69 per cent) maintain the lowest level of deprivation as per NFHS-5 (2019-21).
The report pointed out that the proportion of the multidimensional poor in the total population decreased from 55.34% in 2005-06 to 24.85% in 2015-16 and 14.96% in 2019-21. The latest national MPI is based on the National Family Health Survey 4th (2015-16) and 5th (2019-21), the report said.
Due to lack of data on the incidence of poverty levels from 2005-2006 to 2015-16 and 2019-21 onwards, population poverty rates for 2013-2014 and 2022-23 are based on compound growth rates. The estimated incidence of poverty level decreased between 2005-05 and 2015-16, 2015-16 and 2019-21 respectively.Official statements state that the Government of India aims to reduce poverty across the population and They announced that they had made remarkable progress in improving their lives. size.
Notable initiatives such as Poshan Abhiyan and Anemia Mukt Bharat have significantly enhanced access to health facilities, leading to a significant reduction in poverty, the report added.
According to the statement, the targeted public distribution system under the National Food Security Act operates one of the world's largest food security programs, reaching 81.35 billion beneficiaries and targeting rural and urban areas. provides food grains to the population of
The Oxford Policy and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) provided technical input to this document. To measure the value of money, the World Bank defines the international poverty line as US$2.15 per day (in 2017 purchasing power parity terms).
The report further said that the latest data from the World Bank shows that India's poverty headcount ratio of $2.15 per day decreased from 18.73% in 2015 to 11.9% in 2021. Ta.