Lok Sabha Question No. 488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.488 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2022

## GLOBAL MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX

## 488.    DR. T. SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  regarding  the  country's  position  as  per  the  Global  Multi-dimensional  Poverty Index for the last five years;

b)  the  details  regarding  the  major  findings  from  the  baseline  report  on  Multi-dimensional Poverty Index based on the fourth National Family Health Survey (NFHS);

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  launched/proposes  to  launch  any  schemes/initiatives  on  the basis of these findings and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d)  whether  the  Government  plans  to  undertake  country's  own  index  based  study  during  the fifth NFHS and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a):  The Global Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in the country is monitored by NITI Aayog. As per the report published by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) , the country's score as per the Global  Multidimensional  Poverty  Index  for  the  last  five  years  from  2018  to  2022  are  0.121, 0.123, 0.123, 0.123 and 0.069 respectively.

(b):  As  per  the  baseline  report  of  Multidimensional  Poverty  Index,  2021  released  by  NITI Aayog, India's national MPI identifies 25.01 percent of the population as multi-dimensionally poor  with  MPI  score  of  0.118.   The  details  of  percentage  of  population  who  are  multidimensionally poor, State/UT-wise, are at Annexure-I.

(c):  The  Government of India implements several schemes, both Central sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes, to reduce the poverty in the country. Some of the schemes aim to directly benefit  the  citizens  through  Direct  Benefit  transfer  of  resources/  money  while  others  aim  at creating  enabling  infrastructural  provisions.    These  include  Mahatma  Gandhi    National  Rural

Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Pradhan Mantri  Awaas Yojana Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),    Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen    Dayal  Upadhayay  Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment Training  Institutes (RSETIs), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), PM Street Vendor's Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)  Scheme,  Shyama  Prasad    Mukherji  Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM),  Pradhan  Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna (PMGKAY), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana,  Skill India, Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti  Bima  Yojana,  Atal  Pension  Yojana,  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana,  Ayushman  Bharat Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (AB  PM-JAY),  Pradhan  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana,  Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural and Urban), etc.

(d): The Multi-dimensional Poverty Index Baseline report was released by NITI Aayog based on  NFHS-4  data.  The  NFHS-5  data  has  been  released  recently.  NITI  Aayog  is  examining NFHS-5 data in consultation with various stakeholders.

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State/UT wise Percentage of population who are multidimensionally poor in the country as per the baseline report of MPI, 2021 released by the NITI Aayog:

|   Sl. No. | States                   |   Headcount Ratio in (H) (%) |   Intensity of deprivation (A) (%) |   MPI Score (H*A) |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Bihar                    |                        51.91 |                              51.02 |             0.265 |
|         2 | Jharkhand                |                        42.16 |                              47.91 |             0.202 |
|         3 | Uttar Pradesh            |                        37.79 |                              47.6  |             0.18  |
|         4 | Madhya Pradesh           |                        36.65 |                              47.25 |             0.173 |
|         5 | Meghalaya                |                        32.67 |                              48.06 |             0.157 |
|         6 | Assam                    |                        32.67 |                              47.89 |             0.156 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh             |                        29.91 |                              44.64 |             0.134 |
|         8 | Rajasthan                |                        29.46 |                              47.44 |             0.14  |
|         9 | Odisha                   |                        29.35 |                              46.42 |             0.136 |
|        10 | Nagaland                 |                        25.23 |                              46.33 |             0.117 |
|        11 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                        24.27 |                              47.26 |             0.115 |
|        12 | West Bengal              |                        21.43 |                              45.49 |             0.097 |
|        13 | Gujarat                  |                        18.6  |                              45    |             0.084 |
|        14 | Manipur                  |                        17.89 |                              44.44 |             0.08  |
|        15 | Uttarakhand              |                        17.72 |                              44.37 |             0.079 |
|        16 | Tripura                  |                        16.65 |                              45.02 |             0.075 |
|        17 | Maharashtra              |                        14.85 |                              43.78 |             0.065 |
|        18 | Telangana                |                        13.74 |                              43.2  |             0.059 |
|        19 | Karnataka                |                        13.16 |                              42.7  |             0.056 |
|        20 | Andhra Pradesh           |                        12.31 |                              43.23 |             0.053 |
|        21 | Haryana                  |                        12.28 |                              44.4  |             0.055 |
|        22 | Mizoram                  |                         9.8  |                              47.4  |             0.046 |
|        23 | Himachal Pradesh         |                         7.62 |                              39.43 |             0.03  |
|        24 | Punjab                   |                         5.59 |                              43.75 |             0.024 |
|        25 | Tamil Nadu               |                         4.89 |                              39.97 |             0.02  |
|        26 | Sikkim                   |                         3.82 |                              41.2  |             0.016 |
|        27 | Goa                      |                         3.76 |                              40.16 |             0.015 |
|        28 | Kerala                   |                         0.71 |                              39.02 |             0.003 |
|        29 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli@     |                        27.36 |                              44.57 |             0.122 |
|        30 | Jammu &Kashmir &Ladakh@  |                        12.58 |                              44.11 |             0.055 |
|        31 | Daman &Diu@              |                         6.82 |                              44.18 |             0.03  |
|        32 | Chandigarh               |                         5.97 |                              43.39 |             0.026 |
|        33 | Delhi                    |                         4.79 |                              43.99 |             0.021 |
|        34 | Andaman &Nicobar islands |                         4.3  |                              40.56 |             0.017 |
|        35 | Lakshadweep              |                         1.82 |                              36.15 |             0.007 |
|        36 | Puducherry               |                         1.72 |                              38.44 |             0.007 |

@ As the data period  for  the  NFHS-4  is  2015-16,  the  estimates  for  the  present  Union  Territories  of  Jammu  & Kashmir,and Ladakh have been computed for their combined geographical region. Similarly, the estimates for the present  Union  Territory  of  Dadra  &  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  &  Diu  have  been  computed  separately  for  their erstwhile regions.