Tripura has succeeded in reducing the multi-dimensional Poverty burden. NITI Aayog released a Report on ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’ on Monday in New Delhi which revealed that total 1,43,237 people in Tripura moved out of the clutches of the Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) between 2015-16 and 2019-21.
According to the ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’ Report, Tripura has registered a significant decline of 3.51 percentage points in the number of the State’s multi-dimensionally poor from 16.62% in 2015-16 to 13.11% in 2019-2021. Rural areas in the State have witnessed a decline in poverty from 20.93 percent to 16.47 percent. During the same period, the urban areas saw a reduction in poverty from 5.50 percent to 4.69 percent.
Between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the MPI value dropped from 0.075 to 0.056 and the intensity of poverty reduced from 45.03 percent to 42.68 percent during the period.
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Overall, a record 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 in the country. India has registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of India’s multidimensionally poor from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021. The rural areas witnessed the fastest decline in poverty from 32.59% to 19.28%. During the same period, the urban areas saw a reduction in poverty from 8.65% to 5.27%. Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline in the number of poor with 3.43 crore people escaping multidimensional poverty.
The Report was released today by Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, in the presence of Members of NITI Aayog Dr. V K. Paul and Dr. Arvind Virmani, and B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, CEO NITI Aayog.
Based on the latest National Family Heath Survey [NFHS-5 (2019-21)] the second edition of the MPI represents India’s progress in reducing multidimensional poverty between the two surveys, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21).
It builds on the Baseline Report of India’s National MPI launched in November 2021. The broad methodology followed is in consonance with the global methodology.
The National MPI measures simultaneous deprivations across the three equally weighted dimensions of health, education, and standard of living that are represented by 12 SDG-aligned indicators. These include nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, maternal health, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, assets, and bank accounts. Marked improvement is witnessed across all 12 indicators.