Rural areas saw the strongest fall in poverty, according to the study, which used the United Nations’ Multidimensional Poverty Index. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - Nearly 135 million people, around 10 per cent of India’s population, escaped poverty in the five years to March 2021, a government report found on Monday.
“Improvements in nutrition, years of schooling, sanitation and cooking fuel played a significant role in bringing down poverty,” said Mr Suman Bery, vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog, the government think-tank that released the report. A report by the United Nations Development Programme released last week said the number of people living in multidimensional poverty fell to 16.4 per cent of India’s population in 2021 from 55 per cent in 2005.
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