Question

Which of the following are true according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index report of 2018?

• A. The poverty rate in India increased from 55% to 82% in the 10 years between 2005-06 and 2015-16.
• B. India had 635 million poor people in 2005-06, which got reduced to 364 million in 2015-16.
• C. Fifty percent of the people belonging to ST were poor in 2015-16.
• D. In 2015-16, out of the 364 million poor people, 156 million were children.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C), (D)

In 2015-16, out of the 364 million poor people, 156 million were children.

In 2018, the United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty Human Development Initiative released a report on the Multidimensional Poverty Index of India. The report said that India has reduced its poverty rate drastically from 55% to 28% in the 10 years between 2005-06 and 2015-16. In a span of ten years, 271 million people have found their way out of poverty. All other statements are true.