According to the most recent data from the United Nations Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), 415 million individuals in India were able to escape poverty during a 15-year period (2005–2021).
According to the research, India is one of the 25 nations that has effectively reduced its worldwide MPI values in half over the course of 15 years. China, Cambodia, Congo, Honduras, Indonesia, Morocco, Serbia, and Vietnam are the other countries that accomplished this accomplishment.
The research, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is based on patterns from 2000 to 2022 and includes data from 81 nations with similar historical trends.
The worldwide MPI focuses on both reducing poverty and how people really experience it. It is mapped out via a number of facets of their everyday existence. This covers things like having access to health care, education, and basic necessities like shelter, clean water to drink, and power.
According to the research, poverty decreased from 55% (645 million people) in 2005–2006 to 16% (230 million people) in 2019–2021. According to the report, the percentage of Indians who are multidimensionally poor and disadvantaged has decreased from 44% in 2005–06 to 12% in 2019–21.
Additionally, it demonstrated a drop in infant mortality from 4% to 1.5%. People without access to cooking fuel decreased from 53% to 14%, while those without access to adequate sanitation decreased from 50% to 11.3%. The number of people without access to clean drinking water declined from 16% to 3% in India. The number of people without electricity went from 29% to 2%, while the number of people without suitable housing reduced from 44% to 14%.
“Poverty was dramatically reduced in India. The UNDP noted in a statement that significant numbers of people were extricated from poverty in China (2010–14, 69 million) and Indonesia (2012–17, 8 million), while deprivation in India decreased across the board.
Additionally, it said that the most vulnerable populations of all ages make the greatest absolute growth.
The United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford issued a study on Tuesday that also said that at least 1.1 billion out of 6.1 billion people worldwide live in severe multidimensional poverty. According to the survey, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are home to five out of every six impoverished people.