• 2013-14 to 2022-23: in these 9 years, 24.82 crore people escaped multidimensional poverty in India. 
  • Multidimensional poverty in India in 2013-14 (29.17%) – in 2022-23 (11.28%) – a decline of 17.89% percentage points 
  • Biggest decline in states: people escaped multidimensional poverty: 1. Uttar Pradesh (5.94 crore) 2. Bihar (3.77 crore) 3. Madhya Pradesh (2.30 crore) 4. Rajasthan (1.87 crore) 
  • Between 2015-16 to 2019-21: poverty headcount ratio declined much faster – with an annual rate of 10.66% decline 
  • Poverty headcount ratio declined between 2005-06 to 2015-16: annual rate of decline – 7.69%. 
  • India on track to reduce multidimensional poverty by half well before 2030 – the SDG target.
  • %of people who are multi-dimensionally poor:  2005-06 (55.34%), 2013-14, projected, (29.17%), 2015-16 (24.85%), 2019-21 (14.96%), 2022-23, projected (11.28%) 

(Information core: NITI Aayog) 

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