- NITI Aayog released a report titled 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023'.
- It has been released by Suman Berry, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog.
- According to this report, 13.5 crore people came out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21.
- This second edition of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) shows India's progress in reducing multidimensional poverty between both the surveys, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21).
- The report is based on the baseline report of India's MPI launched in November 2021.
- The national MPI tracks deprivations in health, education and living standards dimensions based on 12 SDG-aligned indicators.
- Nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, maternal health, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, assets and bank accounts are the 12 indicators of the SDGs.
- As per the report, India's multidimensional poor percentage is set to decline from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021.
Tags:
राष्ट्रीय परिदृश्य
