{"id":149331,"date":"2021-11-27T20:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=149331"},"modified":"2021-11-27T20:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T14:47:21","slug":"one-out-of-every-two-bihar-households-is-multidimensionally-poor-niti-aayog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/one-out-of-every-two-bihar-households-is-multidimensionally-poor-niti-aayog\/","title":{"rendered":"One out of every two Bihar households is multidimensionally poor: NITI Aayog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/p>\n

Niti Aayog has released India\u2019s first National <\/span>MPI (multidimensional poverty index).<\/span><\/p>\n

About National MPI (Multidimensional Poverty Index)<\/b><\/h5>\n

National MPI <\/span>seeks to measure poverty across its multiple dimensions and in effect complements existing poverty statistics based on per capita consumption expenditure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Methodology: <\/b>The index has <\/span>used the globally accepted and robust methodology developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Global MPI.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indicators:<\/b> The index <\/span>is based on three equally weighted dimensions \u2013 health, education and standard of living \u2013 which in turn are represented by 12 indicators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Source of Data: <\/b>The index <\/span>is based on the findings of the fourth National Health Family Survey<\/a> (2015-16).<\/span><\/p>\n

Steps in Computing MPI:<\/b><\/p>\n

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Source: NITI Aayog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
What are the key findings of the National MPI?<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Source: The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Multidimensionally Poor: <\/b>Around 25.01% of the Indian population is multidimensionally poor. <\/span>Bihar has the maximum percentage of the population living in poverty among all the States and the Union Territories, with over 50% of the population in the State identified as \u201cmultidimensionally poor\u201d. On<\/span> the other hand, Kerala registered the lowest population poverty levels (0.71%).<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: <\/b>The Global MPI had shown\u00a0 27.9% of India’s population were multidimensionally poor. The country ranked 62nd out of 109 nations on the index.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Poverty Criteria: <\/b>The report took a person spending less than Rs 47 a day in cities and one spending less than Rs 32 a day in villages as poor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Health<\/b><\/h6>\n
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Source: Business Standard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Healthy Nutrition: <\/b>Some 37.6% of Indian households are deprived of healthy nutrition levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Child and Adolescent Mortality: <\/b>Some 2.7% households have reported child and adolescent mortality. A household is deprived if any child or adolescent under 18 years of age has died in the household in the five-year period preceding the survey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Education\u00a0<\/b><\/h6>\n

At least 13.9% households have a member aged 10 years or older who has not completed six years of schooling. At least 6.4% of households have a school-aged child not attending school up to the age at which he\/she would complete class 8.<\/span><\/p>\n

Standard of Living<\/b><\/h6>\n

Source of Cooking Fuel: <\/b>At least 58.5% of households have dung, agricultural crops, shrubs, wood, charcoal or coal as their primary source of cooking fuel.<\/span><\/p>\n

No Access to Drinking water:<\/b> At least 14.6% of households do not have access to improved drinking water or a safe drinking water facility that is more than a 30-minute walk from home (as a round trip).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Inadequate Housing:<\/b> Some 45.6% of households have inadequate housing. Their floor is made of natural materials, or the roof or walls are made of rudimentary materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: <\/b>This post is based on the following articles<\/span><\/p>\n