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NITI Aayog’s report: UP tops among all states in Reducing Poverty
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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 |
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