NITI Aayog Releases National Multidimensional Poverty Index | Kerala having least poor population and Bihar poorest in MPI

The NITI (National Institute for Transforming India) Aayog on 27th November released data on 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index'. As per the data, Kerala is having least percentage of multidimensionally poor population that is the 0.71% of its population while 51.91% population of Bihar is multidimensionally poor. Top 5 states having least poor population includes, Kerala, Goa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. While bottom 5 states are Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya.

As per the PIB release, this report is based on the National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS-4), which was conducted between 2015 and 2016, and developed by the NITI Aayog in consultation with 12 ministries and in partnership with state governments and the index publishing agencies, namely, Oxford University’s Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).



 How it is calculated?

  • India’s national MPI (Multidimensional Poverty Index) captures multiple and simultaneous deprivations faced by households across the three macro dimensions of health, education and living standards. The National MPI dimensions, indicators and weights are given below:-



Overall Index:-

Percentage of population who are multidimensionally poor (States):-


Percentage of population who are multidimensionally poor (Union Territories):-


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