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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was developed in 2010 by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Programme [4] and uses health, education and standard of living indicators to determine the incidence and intensity of poverty experienced by a population.
This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2022 (2021–22) as hosted by NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals dashboard; and Reserve Bank of India's 'Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy'.
On July 17, 2023, Niti Aayog reported a significant reduction in the proportion of poor people in the country, declining from 24.8% to 14.9% during the period from 2015–16 to 2019–21. This improvement was attributed to advancements in nutrition, years of schooling, sanitation, and the availability of subsidized cooking fuel. [15]
Nearly 135 million people, around 10% of India's population, escaped poverty in the five years to March 2021, a government report found on Monday. Rural areas saw the strongest fall in poverty ...
The NITI Aayog (lit. ' Policy Commission '; abbreviation for National Institution for Transforming India) serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of the Republic of India, and the nodal agency tasked with catalyzing economic development, and fostering cooperative federalism and moving away from bargaining federalism through the involvement of State Governments of India in ...
The National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD) is an Indian autonomous institute under NITI Aayog and the Government of India. [1]It was established in 1962 as the Institute of Applied Manpower Research (IAMR) under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, to serve as a center for ideas and policy research on human capital development. [2]
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is a governmental agency in India under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation responsible for co-ordination of statistical activities in India, and evolving and maintaining statistical standards.
The National Statistical Commission (NSC) of India is an autonomous body which formed on 12 July 2006 under the recommendation of Rangarajan commission. The NSC is currently headed by Prof. Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar who was appointed as Chairperson of the Commission on 30 Nov 2022 for a period of three years.