TNPSC Thervupettagam

Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)

March 28 , 2019 2071 days 3262 0
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative has released the annual Global Multidimensional poverty index report.
  • Poverty is calculated on an individual level and based on 3 dimensions and 10 factors.
  • A person is considered poor if they are deprived in at least a third of the weighted indicators.
  • According to the report, India has reduced its poverty rate drastically from 55% to 28% in 10 years, with 271 million people moving out of poverty between 2005-06 and 2015-16.
  • Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are home to more than half of the poorest people in India.
  • Worldwide Sub-Saharan and South Asian countries are home to 83% of the multidimensionally poor people around the world.

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