🔆 Multidimensional Poverty in India 📍 Key Statistics ✅ 14.96% headcount ratio of Multidimensional Poverty in 2019-21 (down from 24.85% in 2015-16), enroute to achieving target 1.2 of halving Multidimensional Poverty much before 2030 ✅ 13.5 crore people lifted out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21, and 41.5 crore people lifted out between 2005-06 and 2019-21 ✅ The intensity of poverty (average deprivation among multidimensionally poor) improved from about 47% in 2015-16 to 44% in 2019-21 📍 Rural and Urban Trends ✅ Fastest decline in percentage of multidimensional poor in rural areas: from 32.59% in 2015-16 to 19.28% in 2019-21 ✅ Reduction in incidence of poverty in urban areas: from 8.65% in 2015-16 to 5.27% in 2019-21 📍 Vulnerable Groups and Regional Data ✅ India has the largest number of children living in multidimensional poverty — 1 in every 5 children is poor ✅ States of UP, Bihar, MP, Odisha, and Rajasthan recorded steepest decline in number of MPI poor ✅ Globally, 85% of multidimensionally poor people live in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia ✅ 63 million Indians pushed into poverty yearly due to healthcare costs — almost two people every second ✅ Poverty levels among social groups: • STs = 50.6% • SCs = 33.3% • OBCs = 27.2% (5 out of every 6 people living in multidimensional poverty in India belong to disadvantaged tribes and castes) #gs1 #gs3 #mains