Multidimensional poverty: Can we eliminate it within a decade?
11 months ago

Multidimensional poverty: Can we eliminate it within a decade?

Live Mint  

Going by Niti Aayog’s latest assessment, India has made substantial gains in its fight against deprivation. The Niti Aayog’s index has a formula that echoes what the United Nations Development Programme uses for multidimensional poverty, with parameters that differ slightly. Since the central think-tank’s 12 counts include several that targeted programmes can move the needle on—like nutrition, child mortality, sanitation, housing and access to cooking fuel and bank accounts—an end to such poverty looks within reach because it’s mostly a matter of reaching out to those who are left behind. In the past, India’s poverty measurement relied on consumption patterns, but that method was abruptly dropped some years ago after leaked national survey data pointed to a worsening. A multi-count index clearly captures a broader snapshot of how our have-nots live than, say, the World Bank’s global poverty-line mark, by which anyone living on less than $2.15 daily counts as poor.

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Basic survival no longer an issue in India, says Niti Aayog
5 months, 1 week ago

Basic survival no longer an issue in India, says Niti Aayog

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: India has made significant progress in eliminating poverty, especially in the past nine years, and according to Niti Aayog’s SDG Index 2023-24, the country is expected to achieve the SDG target 1.2 of halving multidimensional poverty much ahead of 2030. In 2022-23, it further dropped to 11.28%, with 24.8 crore people moving out of multidimensional poverty between 2013-14 …

PM’s Economic Advisory Council chief Bibek Debroy pitches for a review of India’s official poverty line
6 months ago

PM’s Economic Advisory Council chief Bibek Debroy pitches for a review of India’s official poverty line

The Hindu  

Making a pitch to revisit the country’s poverty line, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council chairman Bibek Debroy on Wednesday questioned whether a decline in inequality as suggested by the latest household consumption expenditure survey was a “good thing”, and termed the debate over the gap between the survey’s findings and spends measured in the national income accounts as “sterile”. “We …

PM Modi's data on poverty eradication has no international recognition: Shashi Tharoor
6 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi's data on poverty eradication has no international recognition: Shashi Tharoor

Hindustan Times  

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday took a jibe at PM Narendra Modi claiming that no data given by the Prime Minister has received international recognition. Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Election 2024, PM Modi in his campaign rallies, has been claiming that his government lifted 25 crore Indians out of poverty. What NITI Aayog report on poverty alleviation …

What the new expenditure survey says about poverty
8 months, 3 weeks ago

What the new expenditure survey says about poverty

New Indian Express  

The publication of a fact sheet by the National Sample Survey Office, containing the results of the NSS Household Consumer Expenditure Survey data for 2022-23, a decade after the publication of the last survey data in 2011-12, has again sparked a debate regarding poverty in India. Using the 2022-23 data on average monthly per capita consumer expenditure for rural and …

Breaking the poverty cycle: Charting India’s path to prosperity
9 months, 1 week ago

Breaking the poverty cycle: Charting India’s path to prosperity

Firstpost  

There is a World Poverty Clock. Funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, the World Poverty Clock shows the number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide, disaggregated by age, gender and rural/urban location. ‘Target Escape Rate’ is the average poverty reduction needed to achieve SDG1 by the …

Has poverty really dropped to 5% in India?
9 months, 1 week ago

Has poverty really dropped to 5% in India?

The Hindu  

Subrahmanyam recently claimed that less than 5% of Indians now live below the poverty line. Mr. Subrahmanyam argued that the average consumption expenditure in the bottom 5% of India’s population, as estimated by the survey, is about the same as the poverty line in India, suggesting that the poverty rate in India is somewhere in the range of 0 to …

Has poverty really dropped to 5% in India?
9 months, 1 week ago

Has poverty really dropped to 5% in India?

The Hindu  

Subrahmanyam recently claimed that less than 5% of Indians now live below the poverty line. Mr. Subrahmanyam argued that the average consumption expenditure in the bottom 5% of India’s population, as estimated by the survey, is about the same as the poverty line in India, suggesting that the poverty rate in India is somewhere in the range of 0 to …

While poverty is declining globally, number of poor people rise in Sub-Saharan Africa: Data
9 months, 1 week ago

While poverty is declining globally, number of poor people rise in Sub-Saharan Africa: Data

The Hindu  

At a time when the number of people living in poverty has been declining worldwide, and significantly in some regions, Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a high increase. Click to remove AMP mode While the number of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa increased, poverty in terms of the share of the region’s population reduced from 53.8% in 1990 to 35.4% in …

Poverty levels below 5%, claims NITI Aayog chief
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Poverty levels below 5%, claims NITI Aayog chief

The Hindu  

Less than 5% of Indians are now expected to be below the poverty line, and extreme destitution has almost gone away, a top government official asserted on February 25, citing the findings of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey for 2022-23. Subrahmanyam, the chief executive officer of the Centre’s think tank Niti Aayog, averred that growth is “broad-based” with rural Indians’ …

Multidimensional poverty in India: decoding the Niti Aayog report | In Focus podcast
11 months ago

Multidimensional poverty in India: decoding the Niti Aayog report | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

A new paper released by the NITI Aayog has claimed that multidimensional poverty has declined from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23, and that 24.82 crore people “escaped” from multidimensional poverty during this 9-year period. Titled ‘Multidimensional Poverty in India since 2005-06: A Discussion Paper’, the NITI Aayog report claims that India is well on track to achieve the …

What poverty numbers reveal
11 months, 1 week ago

What poverty numbers reveal

Hindustan Times  

India has pulled 248 million out of multidimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23, according to a discussion paper released by the NITI Aayog on Monday. PREMIUM Elections aside, what is the real import of the multidimensional poverty numbers? Because multidimensional poverty numbers are not based on measuring consumption expenditure and, therefore, on whether or not a person is above the …

Over 24.8 crore people moved out of poverty in India in nine years: NITI report
11 months, 1 week ago

Over 24.8 crore people moved out of poverty in India in nine years: NITI report

The Hindu  

As many as 24.82 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty in nine years to 2022-23, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh registering the largest decline, Niti Aayog said in a report on January 15. According to the NITI discussion paper, multidimensional poverty in India declined from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23, with about 24.82 crore people …

Multidimensional Poverty Index reduction under the NDA is flawed
1 year ago

Multidimensional Poverty Index reduction under the NDA is flawed

The Hindu  

Samuel Johnson, a profound literary critic and essayist, wrote, “Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.” In sharp contrast, conventional measures of poverty in terms of income are limited and narrowly focused on scarcity of resources to eke out a bare subsistence. The MPI story …

India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: UNDP report
1 year, 1 month ago

India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: UNDP report

Live Mint  

India has emerged among top countries with high income and wealth inequality but the share of the population living in multidimensional poverty fell from 25 to 15 per cent between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the UNDP said in a new report. Despite these successes, poverty remains persistently concentrated in states that are home to 45 per cent of the country's population …

Consumption-based poverty estimates have relevance
1 year, 4 months ago

Consumption-based poverty estimates have relevance

The Hindu  

A recent report by NITI Aayog on multidimensional poverty shows that the percentage of the poor has gone down from 25% in 2015-16 to 15% in 2019-21 and around 135 million people were lifted out of poverty during this period. The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report of 2023 of the United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty & Human …

When good economics means pretty bad politics
1 year, 4 months ago

When good economics means pretty bad politics

New Indian Express  

Following this, Niti Aayog brought out a progress report on multidimensional poverty. To quote from this, “The MPI estimates highlight a near-halving of India’s national MPI value and decline in the proportion of population in multidimensional poverty from 24.85% to 14.96% between 2015–16 and 2019–21.” Let’s skip the details of MDPI methodology, since that’s not relevant for now. To quote …

The week in 5 charts | Manipur unrest, INDIA alliance, Alcaraz wins Wimbledon, and more
1 year, 5 months ago

The week in 5 charts | Manipur unrest, INDIA alliance, Alcaraz wins Wimbledon, and more

The Hindu  

Unrest in Manipur continues More than two months after three women were stripped and paraded by a mob in violence-hit Manipur, police arrested four accused in a case of gang rape and abduction, one of whom was seen in a viral video clip of the incident which surfaced online on Wednesday. 26 Opposition parties form INDIA alliance The leaders of …

Govt’s claim on poverty reduction based on multidimensional poverty index questionable: Parakala Prabhakar
1 year, 5 months ago

Govt’s claim on poverty reduction based on multidimensional poverty index questionable: Parakala Prabhakar

The Hindu  

The Union government’s claim that the number of people living in poverty has significantly reduced in recent years based on multidimensional poverty index is highly questionable, political economist Parakala Prabhakar said here on Saturday. During an interaction with N. Ram, Director, THG Publishing Private Ltd., organised by the Dravidian Professionals Forum, on his new book — The Crooked Timber of …

India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis as over 70 per cent of Indians fails to afford healthy food
1 year, 5 months ago

India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis as over 70 per cent of Indians fails to afford healthy food

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 21, 2023 12:38 IST - 3 MINS READ Government think-tank NITI Aayog’s recent report, released on July 17, revealed a remarkable achievement in India’s fight against multidimensional poverty. However, despite these positive strides in economic development, a consortium of esteemed organisations including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, …

Niti Aayog report claims decrease in multidimensional poverty
1 year, 5 months ago

Niti Aayog report claims decrease in multidimensional poverty

The Hindu  

India has registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of multidimensionally poor, from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021, according to the ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’. It claims that about 13.5 crore people came out of multidimensional poverty during the period, assessed by identifying “acute deprivations in health, education and standard …

13.5 crore Indians move out of multidimensional poverty in five years: Niti Aayog report
1 year, 5 months ago

13.5 crore Indians move out of multidimensional poverty in five years: Niti Aayog report

The Hindu  

India witnessed 13.5 crore people moving out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 with fastest reduction in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan, a Niti Aayog report said on Monday. The report — 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A progress of Review 2023' — was released by Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman, Niti Aayog. Providing multidimensional poverty estimates for the …

415 mn Indians no longer poor, says UN
1 year, 5 months ago

415 mn Indians no longer poor, says UN

Live Mint  

As many as 415 million Indians moved out of poverty in the 15-year period between 2005/2006 and 2019/2021, the UN said in a report on Tuesday. “Countries halved their MPI in periods as short as four to 12 years, demonstrating the feasibility of the Sustainable Development Goal target of halving poverty according to national definitions within 15 years,” it added. …

India registers remarkable reduction in poverty: UN
1 year, 5 months ago

India registers remarkable reduction in poverty: UN

Deccan Chronicle  

United Nations: A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the UN said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the world's most populous nation. "Notably, India saw a remarkable reduction in poverty, with 415 million people exiting poverty within a span of just 15 years," the report …

415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years, says UNDP study
1 year, 5 months ago

415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years, says UNDP study

The Hindu  

A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on July 11, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the world's most populous nation. "Notably, India saw a remarkable reduction in poverty, with 415 million people exiting poverty within a span of just 15 years," the report …

UN praises 'remarkable' India as 415 million exit poverty levels in 15 years
1 year, 5 months ago

UN praises 'remarkable' India as 415 million exit poverty levels in 15 years

Hindustan Times  

A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the UN said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the world's most populous nation. In India, 415 million poor people moved out of poverty from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, with incidence falling from 55.1 per cent in 2005/2006 to 16.4 …

AAP’s Atishi Marlena follows Rahul Gandhi’s lead, and defames India at Cambridge based on lies: Here is the truth about HDI, Hunger Index and more
1 year, 6 months ago

AAP’s Atishi Marlena follows Rahul Gandhi’s lead, and defames India at Cambridge based on lies: Here is the truth about HDI, Hunger Index and more

Op India  

On Thursday, Aam Aadmi Party Minister Atishi Marlena went on an anti-India tirade during a conference on ‘India at 100; Towards becoming a global leader’, which was held at the University of Cambridge. First, UNDP itself acknowledged that India’s decline is in line with global trends in the face of crises such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the Covid-19 pandemic and …

The simmering debate over poverty rate
1 year, 7 months ago

The simmering debate over poverty rate

Live Mint  

London/Boston: As the 2024 elections approach, taking stock of the economy after a decade-long rule of the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes a natural talking point. View Full Image Graphic: Mint According to the World Bank’s earlier $1.90 PPP per day line that defines extreme poverty, 23% of India’s population was poor in 2011-12, the last estimate …

When asked for data on poverty reduction, Government of India gives 10 year old data
1 year, 8 months ago

When asked for data on poverty reduction, Government of India gives 10 year old data

The Hindu  

The Union government seemed to have acknowledged that it had no data to assess whether the poverty levels in the country had reduced in recent years, a reply provided in the Rajya Sabha on Monday for a question raised by two DMK Rajya Sabha MPs showed. Rajeshkumar had asked whether large number of people were living below poverty line in …

Claims of spike in poverty in India during COVID-19 patently false, says paper co-authored by Arvind Panagariya
1 year, 9 months ago

Claims of spike in poverty in India during COVID-19 patently false, says paper co-authored by Arvind Panagariya

The Hindu  

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the COVID-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by eminent economist Arvind Panagariya. Mr. Panagariya, Columbia University Professor and former Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog and Vishal More of Intelink Advisors, New Delhi have co-authored a detailed paper …

We’ve made significant progress on poverty reduction
2 years, 1 month ago

We’ve made significant progress on poverty reduction

Live Mint  

Some great news and some not so good news. Titled Unpacking Deprivation Bundles to Reduce Multidimensional Poverty, the report is based on robust household survey data from 111 underlying developing countries and covers 6.1 billion people. As India’s population has quadrupled in the 75 years since Independence, India’s progress on poverty reduction has been steady, particularly in the last 30 …

Goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 out of reach, report says
2 years, 2 months ago

Goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 out of reach, report says

Al Jazeera  

Effects of COVID pandemic and war in Ukraine make it unlikely for the world to eradicate extreme poverty by decade’s end, World Bank says. In a new report released on Wednesday, the World Bank said higher food and energy prices had hindered a quick recovery after COVID-19 dealt the “biggest setback” to global poverty in decades. Indermit Gill, the World …

Poverty in India: Decline over the decade
2 years, 6 months ago

Poverty in India: Decline over the decade

Live Mint  

Poverty is a much-debated issue. That poverty line is typically defined as a minimum basket of goods and services required for subsistence, converted into a nominal consumption expenditure figure, using appropriate prices. In other words, one uses monthly per capita consumption expenditure to define poverty line. If growth enabled those just below the poverty line to move above, it is …

A poverty trend in search of an explanation
2 years, 6 months ago

A poverty trend in search of an explanation

The Hindu  

A noticeable absence in the blitzkrieg of information on the economy periodically unleashed by the Union government over the past few years has been estimates of poverty. While the level of poverty estimated by these two studies varies considerably, with the one by Roy and van der Weide showing twice the poverty level estimated by Bhalla et al., they share …

India eradicates ‘extreme poverty’ via PMGKY: IMF paper
2 years, 8 months ago

India eradicates ‘extreme poverty’ via PMGKY: IMF paper

The Hindu  

A new IMF paper released on Tuesday, titled ‘Pandemic, Poverty, and Inequality: Evidence from India’ says that ‘extreme poverty was maintained below 1% in 2020 due to Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana. Dismissing the NSS 2017-18 consumer expenditure survey as 'ill-fated', this paper claims food subsidies have reduced poverty on a consistent basis since the enactment of the Food …

Ending extreme poverty in India
2 years, 8 months ago

Ending extreme poverty in India

Hindustan Times  

Two recent working papers, one by economists Sutirtha Sinha Roy and Roy van der Weide, at the World Bank, and another co-authored by Surjit Bhalla, an executive director at the IMF along with Arvind Virmani and Karan Bhasin have given alternative estimates for poverty in India for the period after 2011. Bhalla and his co-authors argue that extreme poverty has …

'Double-engine' govt responsible: Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish over NITI Aayog ranking of Bihar
2 years, 11 months ago

'Double-engine' govt responsible: Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish over NITI Aayog ranking of Bihar

India TV News  

Highlights "Whom do you hold responsible for Bihar being at the lowest in terms of education," Tejashwi asked Bihar has the highest proportion of "multidimensionally poor" people, as per NITI Aayog Poverty, under MPI, was measured on three dimensions - health, education, and standard of living Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over …

Multidimensional Poverty Index: A new poverty marker
3 years ago

Multidimensional Poverty Index: A new poverty marker

The Hindu  

AT 8.4 per cent, the gross domestic product of the Indian economy in the second quarter of the fiscal reached pre-pandemic levels. According to the index, in Bihar 51.91 per cent of the population is poor, followed by Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya. More than half of the population of Scheduled Tribes, who account for 9.4 per cent …

EXPLAINED: What Cooking Fuel, School Attendance Can Say About Deprivation As India Launches New Poverty Index
3 years ago

EXPLAINED: What Cooking Fuel, School Attendance Can Say About Deprivation As India Launches New Poverty Index

News 18  

India is globally acknowledged to have made big strides on pulling people out of poverty in recent decades. “The National MPI Project is aimed at deconstructing the Global MPI and creating a globally aligned and yet customised India MPI for drawing up comprehensive Reform Action Plans with the larger goal of improving India’s position in the Global MPI rankings,” says …

Explained: How NITI Aayog calculates the National Multidimensional Poverty Index
3 years ago

Explained: How NITI Aayog calculates the National Multidimensional Poverty Index

Hindustan Times  

NITI Aayog, the government think tank, on Friday released the National Multidimensional Poverty Index baseline report that defines poverty as the deprivation in crucial and basic parameters of health, education and living standards. The multidimensional poverty index is calculated using 12 indicators that are grouped under three dimensions namely, health, education and standard of living. The report was based on …

Bihar poorest state, followed by Jharkhand and UP: Niti Aayog report
3 years ago

Bihar poorest state, followed by Jharkhand and UP: Niti Aayog report

Hindustan Times  

In its first Multidimensional Poverty Index report released on Friday, the Niti Aayog said Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh were found to be the poorest states in the country. According to a PTI report, Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar further said this baseline report of India's first ever national MPI measure is based on the reference period of 2015-16 …

Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh emerge as poorest states in India: Niti Aayog
3 years ago

Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh emerge as poorest states in India: Niti Aayog

Firstpost  

As per the Niti Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index, 51.91 percent population of Bihar is poor, followed 42.16 percent in Jharkhand and 37.79 percent in Uttar Pradesh New Delhi: Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index. As per the index, 51.91 percent population of Bihar is poor, followed …

50% population of Bihar ‘multidimensionally poor’
3 years ago

50% population of Bihar ‘multidimensionally poor’

The Hindu  

With over 50% of the population in the State identified as “multidimensionally poor”, Bihar has the maximum percentage of population living in poverty among all the States and the Union Territories, according to Government think-tank NITI Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index. “The development of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index of India is an important contribution towards instituting a public policy tool …

Bihar, Jharkhand, UP poorest states in India: Niti Aayog's Poverty Index
3 years ago

Bihar, Jharkhand, UP poorest states in India: Niti Aayog's Poverty Index

India Today  

Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog's first Multidimensional Poverty Index report. Read | Chandigarh adjudged third best city in Niti Aayog's SDG Urban Index Bihar also has the highest number of malnourished people followed by Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. According to the report, India's national MPI …

Poverty in India is on the rise again
3 years, 4 months ago

Poverty in India is on the rise again

The Hindu  

India has not released its Consumption Expenditure Survey data since 2011-12. Based on the Tendulkar poverty line, the poverty estimates for 2004-05 and 2011-12 are to be found in the Planning Commission’s own estimates using the CES of those years. Hence, we have extended the 2011-12 poverty line for each State and used the consumption expenditure reported by the PLFS …

The state of India’s poor must be acknowledged
3 years, 6 months ago

The state of India’s poor must be acknowledged

The Hindu  

The son of a corn merchant-turned sociologist, Charles Booth had little patience for Charles Dickens and others in his time, who used lyrical prose to describe the desperation of the poor in working class London. The first being, the fall in the monthly per capita consumption expenditure of 2017-18 for the first time since 1972-73, which the Government withheld citing …

Covid has pushed too many Indians back into poverty
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid has pushed too many Indians back into poverty

Live Mint  

As the world continues to be ravaged by the covid pandemic, more than a year on, it is becoming increasingly evident that the greatest burden has fallen on the global poor. By contrast, for India, a staggering 75 million people were pushed back into poverty by the covid crisis—this is almost 60% of the global total increase in poverty caused …

Dispatching problem of poverty has made world a much better place
4 years, 2 months ago

Dispatching problem of poverty has made world a much better place

China Daily  

Children exercise in a kindergarten in Sansui county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province. YANG WENBIN/XINHUA Success of eradication drive lauded as an extraordinary achievement Editor's note: As China aims to eliminate extreme poverty and be a "moderately prosperous society" in time for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China next year, we …

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