Uttar Pradesh
NITI Aayog’s report: UP tops among all states in Reducing Poverty
- 19 Jul 2023
- 2 min read
Why in News?
On July 17, 2023, NITI Aayog released the latest Multidimensional Poverty Index-2023 Report on the progress of all states, in which Uttar Pradesh has topped the entire country in terms of reducing the number of poor.
Key Points:
- According to the latest report of the Multidimensional Poverty Index-2023, the percentage of poverty across the country has come down from 24.85 to 14.96 percent. Multilevel poverty also includes standards of education, health and standard of living.
- In Uttar Pradesh, 3 crores 42 lakhs 72 thousand 484 people have come out of multi-level poverty. Due to this, the percentage of poor in the total population in the state has come down from 37.68 to 22.93 in 2019-21 compared to 2015-16.
- After this, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Rajasthan have been the major states in removing poverty.
The percentage of poor on multilevel criteria:
| Poverty standards | Year 2015-16 | Year 2019-21 |
| Nourishment | 30.40 | 18.45 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 3.81 | 2.20 |
| Maternal Health | 25.20 | 15.97 |
| School Attendance | 9.96 | 7.62 |
| Fuel | 34.24 | 17.95 |
| Defence | 31.74 | 11.91 |
| Potable Water | 2.09 | 0.93 |
| Electricity | 18.34 | 4.98 |
| Home | 33.35 | 19.56 |
| Property | 8.86 | 4.22 |
| Bank Accounts | 4.8 | 2.96 |
10 districts of Uttar Pradesh with a reduction in poverty:
| Districts | Decrease (in %) |
| Maharajganj | -29.64 |
| Gonda | -29.55 |
| Balrampur | -27.90 |
| Kaushambi | -25.75 |
| Khiri | -25.23 |
| Shravasti | -24.42 |
| Jaunpur | -24.65 |
| Basti | -23.36 |
| Ghazipur | -22.83 |
| Kushinagar | -22.28 |
| Chitrakoot | -21.40 |
