Nov 11, 2022 08:00:00

India lifted 415 million out of poverty in 15 years, UN survey reveals

According to the latest

Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) jointly developed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), India will have about 400 million It turns out that 15 million people have been lifted out of poverty.

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According to UNDP and OPHI's study of poverty incidence in India based on the Multidimensional Poverty Index, the poverty incidence rate increased from 55.1% in the 2005-2006 survey to 16.4% in the 2019-2021 survey. said to have declined. As a result, UNDP says that India can achieve the `` Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) '' of halving the proportion of the poor among men and women of all generations by 2030.

In addition, of the approximately 415 million people who were lifted out of poverty in the 15 years before the COVID-19 outbreak, approximately 275 million by 2016 and approximately 140 million by 2021. People are reported to have been lifted out of poverty.

“India has shown great dynamism and leadership in lifting the poorest people out of poverty in the country,” said Ms.

Akiko Noda , UNDP Resident Representative in India. Poverty incidence in rural India fell from 36.6% in 2015-2016 to 21.2% in 2019-2021, while urban poverty fell from 9.0% to 5.5% over the same period. That's what I'm talking about.

On the other hand, the UNDP report found that 71% of data from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in India between 2019 and 2021 were collected before the COVID-19 outbreak, suggesting that the impact of COVID-19 on poverty in India is 0.1%. It points out that the impact of the epidemic cannot be assessed.

Although there is a significant decrease in the poor, India still has the largest number of poor people in the world, with about 228.9 million people at the time of writing the article. In addition, it is reported that India is vulnerable to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, food problems, and rising energy prices.

Nearly 205 million people, or 90% of India's poor, live in rural areas, making this a priority issue. As such, UNDP notes that “integration policies that address the ongoing malnutrition and energy crises should be a priority”.

On the other hand, the three states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, which initially had the highest number of poor people, reportedly reduced the number of poor people more than the average in India and narrowed the poverty gap.