NITI Aayog releases Multidimensional poverty Index 2022

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Category : National Published on: July 19 2023

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Recently, NITI Aayog has released the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
This is equivalent to lifting an estimated 135 million people out of multidimensional poverty according to population projections used by the report.
The NITI Aayog’s report stated that the fastest reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor was observed in Uttar Pradesh where 34.3 million people escaped multidimensional poverty, followed by Bihar (22.5 million), Madhya Pradesh (13.57 million), Rajasthan (10.8 million), and West Bengal (9.26 million).
According to the Global MPI 2021, India is ranked 66th out of 109 countries.

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NITI Aayog releases Multidimensional poverty Index 2022