As many as 12 backward districts of Uttar Pradesh are on the path of progress and development, aNITI Aayogreport released by its vice-chairman Suman Bery claimed.
The findings of the Aayog’s ‘national multidimensionalpovertyindex: a progress of review 2023’, based on the national family Health survey, said that the condition of 11 out of the total 12 districts where more than 50% of the Population was suffering from POVERTY has improved considerably over the past five years.
The survey, which provides an overview about the population’s health, Education and the standard of living, was conducted during 2019-21. The release of the report got delayed owing to the pandemic.
While during the last family health survey which took place during 2015-16 the maximum deprivation among families and individuals for basic necessities and Services was noticed in Shravasti (74%), Bahraich (72%), Balrampur (69%), Lakhimpur Kheri (60%), Gonda (59%), Siddharthnagar (57%), Badaun (57%), Sitapur (57%), Kaushambi (56%), Chitrakoot (52%), Hardoi (51%) and Shahjahanpur (50.5%), in the latest survey, poverty has gone down significantly in all these districts except Bahraich.
As per the latest survey, more than half the population has access to better basic services, amenities and now in 11 of the 12 districts. In Bahraich, 54% deprivation was noticed during the latest survey as compared to 72% in the last.
Eight districts in UP were brought under the programme and both central and the state governments had started focusing on strengthening healthcare, education, Nutrition, power, water, sanitation and other basic facilities.