Multidimensionally Poor

Multidimensionally Poor

Subject – Governance

Context – In India, 5 out of 6 multidimensionally poor are from lower tribes or castes: UN report

Concept –

• Five out of six multidimensionally poor people in India are from lower tribes or castes, according to a new analysis on global multidimensional poverty released by the United Nations.
• The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative said this in its latest report on poverty.
• The Scheduled Tribe group accounts for 9.4 per cent of the population and is the poorest, with 65 million of the 129 million people living in multidimensional poverty.
  • They account for about one-sixth of all people living in multidimensional poverty in India.
• Following the Scheduled Tribe group is the Scheduled Caste group with 33.3 per cent — 94 million of 283 million people — living in multidimensional poverty.
• 2 per cent of the Other Backward Class group- 160 million of 588 million people — live in multidimensional poverty.
• Among the 1.3 billion multidimensionally poor people studied globally, almost two-thirds- 836 million- live in households in which no female member has completed at least six years of schooling.
  • This exclusion of women from education has far-reaching impacts on societies around the world.
• According to the report, the top five countries with the largest number of people living in multidimensional poverty are in India (2015/16) at 381 millions, Nigeria (2018): 93 million, Pakistan (2017/18): 83 million, Ethiopia (2019): 77 million, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2017/18): 56 million.

Multidimensional Poverty Index

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