As many as 415 million people exited multidimensional https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-in-india”>Poverty in India in 15 years (2005/06 to 2019/21) with the incidence of poverty showing a steep decline from 55.1% to 16.4%, states the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022. The United Nations Development Programme while citing this to be a “tremendous gain and a historic change” also highlights in the report the challenges as India continues to have the largest number of poor people worldwide at 228.9 million in 2020.
The report states that across states and UTs the fastest poverty reduction in relative terms was in Goa, followed by Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
The report also shows that West Bengal is the only state of the 10 poorest states in 2015/16 to move out of this category in 2019/2021. The rest- Bihar, Jharkhand,Meghalaya, MP, UP, Assam, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan-remain among the 10 poorest. However, Bihar, the poorest state in 2015/16, saw the fastest reduction inMPIvalue in absolute terms. The incidence of poverty in Bihar fell from 77.4% in 2005/06 to 52.4% in 2015/16 and further down to 34.7% in 2019/21. Deprivations in sanitation, cooking fuel, and housing declined the most from 2015/16 to 2019/21.