According to a government estimate released on Monday, about 135 million individuals, or around 10% of India’s population, were able to transcend poverty in the five years leading up to March 2021.
The study employed the United Nations’ Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which is comprised of 12 factors including malnutrition, education, and sanitation, and found that rural areas witnessed the greatest decline in poverty. If a person is lacking in at least three categories, they are considered “MPI poor.”
Government think tank NITI Aayog produced a paper stating that “improvements in nutrition, years of schooling, sanitation, and cooking fuel played a significant role” in reducing poverty. The report, which used data from the 2019-21 National Family Health Survey, found that the poverty rate has dropped from 25% in 2015/16 to 15% in 2019-21.
India has improved in terms of poverty
According to a report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) published this week, the percentage of the Indian population living in multidimensional poverty decreased from 55% in 2005 to 16.4% in 2021. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) predicts that by 2021, only 10% of Indians will be living on less than $2.15 a day.
Roughly 800 million people, or roughly 57% of the country’s 1.4 billion inhabitants, receive free food grain from the federal government, while states spend billions of dollars subsidising education, health care, power, and other services. Uttar Pradesh, home to 343 million people, saw the greatest reduction in its poverty rate, followed by Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
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