Key Points
Around 135 million Indians exited multidimensional poverty, a measure of deprivation beyond money, between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the Niti Aayog says..
Povertys traditional measure is monetary income or consumption..
The number of MDP Indians dropped by an estimated 135 million thats a 10 percentage point drop over the five years applied to the 2021 population projection..
Note that the global MPI has estimated Indias MDP shares at 27.7% for 2015-16 and 16.4% for 2019-21. . . . . View Full Image. snt this show resilience during the pandemic?..
For each household surveyed in the NFHS, the Niti Aayog checks if it meets the threshold of being deprived on 12 criteria, 10 of which are drawn from the global MPI..
