India achieves a historic feat in poverty reduction
Published By Sharmila Bhadoria
| 18 Oct, 2022
Nearly 415 million Indians came out of poverty in 15 years
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According to UNDP’s new Multidimensional Poverty Index, poor people in India fell by around 415 million between 2005-2006 and 2019-21.
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India’s progress shows that this goal is feasible, even at a large scale
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Despite the fall in poverty among children, India is home to 97 million poor children
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The report states that 3.9% of poor people are deprived of nutrition, cooking fuel, sanitation and housing.
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Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have reduced absolute poverty faster than the national average
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205 million of the nearly 229 million poor people live in rural areas
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Female headed households are poorer than male-headed households in India. 39 million people of such families are poor.
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