1) Released by the NITI
Aayog, the nodal agency for implementation of MPI.
2) The index tabulates the
performance of States and Union Territories in addressing multidimensional
poverty.
3) The MPI is based on the
same parameters of Global MPI Report jointly published by the Oxford Poverty
and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP).
4) National MPI has 10 indicators along with addition of two indicators, viz., Maternal Health and Bank Accounts in line with national priorities.
5) The National MPI is based
on a methodology called Alkire-Foster (AF) methodology.
6) According to the AF
methodology, an individual is considered MPI poor if their deprivation score
equals or exceeds the poverty cutoff of 33.33%.
7) The National MPI aims at
reducing “at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all
ages living in poverty in all its dimensions" - SDG 1.2 Target.
8) MPI Report 2023
9) Steep decline in poverty
10) 13.5cr people exited
multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21
11) Steep decline in Head
count ratio from 24.85% in 2015-16 compared to 14.9% in 2019-21.
12) Fastest decline in
percentage of multidimensional poor in rural areas from 32% in 2015-16 to 19%
in 2019-21.
13) UP, Bihar, MP, Odisha and
Rajasthan recorded steepest decline in number of MPI poor.
14) Reduction in the incidence
of poverty in urban areas from 8.65% in 2015-16 to 5.27% in 2019-21.
15) States/UTs have shown
significant improvements in their MPI score from 2015-16 to 2019-21.
