NITI Aayog’s report: UP tops among all states in Reducing Poverty | Uttar Pradesh | 19 Jul 2023

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On July 17, 2023, NITI Aayog released the latest Multidimensional Poverty Index-2023 Report on the progress of all states, in which Uttar Pradesh has topped the entire country in terms of reducing the number of poor.

Key Points:

• According to the latest report of the Multidimensional Poverty Index-2023, the percentage of poverty across the country has come down from 24.85 to 14.96 percent. Multilevel poverty also includes standards of education, health and standard of living.
• In Uttar Pradesh, 3 crores 42 lakhs 72 thousand 484 people have come out of multi-level poverty. Due to this, the percentage of poor in the total population in the state has come down from 37.68 to 22.93 in 2019-21 compared to 2015-16.
• After this, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Rajasthan have been the major states in removing poverty.

The percentage of poor on multilevel criteria:

Poverty standards	Year 2015-16	Year 2019-21
Nourishment	30.40	18.45
Infant Mortality Rate	3.81	2.20
Maternal Health	25.20	15.97
School Attendance	9.96	7.62
Fuel	34.24	17.95
Defence	31.74	11.91
Potable Water	2.09	0.93
Electricity	18.34	4.98
Home	33.35	19.56
Property	8.86	4.22
Bank Accounts	4.8	2.96

10 districts of Uttar Pradesh with a reduction in poverty:

Districts	Decrease (in %)
Maharajganj	-29.64
Gonda	-29.55
Balrampur	-27.90
Kaushambi	-25.75
Khiri	-25.23
Shravasti	-24.42
Jaunpur	-24.65
Basti	-23.36
Ghazipur	-22.83
Kushinagar	-22.28
Chitrakoot	-21.40