45,564 people in Goa exited multidimensional poverty in last 5 years: Niti Aayog

Goemkarponn Desk

PANAJI: Nearly 45,564 people in Goa (0.11% of population share) have exited multidimensional poverty and the state’s multidimensional poverty headcount ratio has reduced from 3.76% in National Family Heath Survey 2015-16 to 0.84% in NFHS 2019-21 as per NITI Aayog’s Report ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’.

The National MPI measures simultaneous deprivations across the three equally weighted dimensions of health, education, and standard of living that are represented by 12 SDG-aligned indicators.

These include nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, maternal health, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, assets, and bank accounts