NITI Aayog has released the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2021- Baseline report: Bihar poorest in multidimensional poverty
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NITI Aayog has released the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2021- Baseline report. As per the index, Bihar has been adjudged as the state with the highest level of multidimensional poverty. 51.91 percent of the state’s population are multidimensionally poor. Jharkhand is at second position with 42.16% of the state population as multidimensionally poor. This is followed by Uttar Pradesh at 37.79%, Madhya Pradesh (36.65%) and Meghalaya (32.67%) in the top five poorest states. Meanwhile, Kerala (0.71%), Goa (3.76%), Sikkim (3.82%), Tamil Nadu (4.89%) and Punjab (5.59%) are the top 5 lowest poverty states across India. Kottayam in Kerala is the only district that registered zero poverty across the country as per the index.
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