Bihar has most poor people in India: Niti Aayog
The Hindu
Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the States with most people living in poverty in India, according to Niti Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). As per the index, 51.91% popu
Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the States with most people living in poverty in India, according to Niti Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
As per the index, 51.91% population of Bihar is poor, followed 42.16% in Jharkhand, 37.79% in Uttar Pradesh. While Madhya Pradesh (36.65%) has been placed fourth in the index, Meghalaya (32.67%) is at the fifth spot.
Kerala (0.71%), Goa (3.76%), Sikkim (3.82%), Tamil Nadu (4.89%) and Punjab (5.59%) have registered the lowest poverty across India and are at the bottom of the index.