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India’s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in 2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-2016. The report cites Jharkhand, which reduced multidimensional poverty from 74.9 percent to 46.5 percent in the ten years since 2005-06, improving the best, followed by Rattanak Kiri in Cambodia. Jharkhand, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh have the worst MPI value. India was among the top three countries where poverty reduction in rural areas outpaced that in urban areas. The report cited this as an indicator of pro-poor development. “Traditionally disadvantaged subgroups such as those living in rural India, Muslims, the Scheduled Castes and Tribes, and young children are still the poorest in India,” a UNDP official told Indian Express. In 2005-2006, the population in India living in multidimensional poverty stood at about 640 million people (55.1 percent) and this reduced to 369 million people (27.9 percent) living in poorness in 2015-16. According to the report, children experience poverty to an extreme degree than adults and are more probable to be deprived of all the 10 MPI indicators, lacking essentials such as clean water, sanitation, education, and basic nutrition. AUGUST 2019 | WWW.WISHESH.NET