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.
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