The data published showed that over a span of five years, about 13.5 crore Indians came out of poverty. In fact, this measure was of multidimensional poverty, therefore it seemed that on the whole, crores of people enjoyed the fruits of holistic progress. They are no longer below the poverty line.
https://thewire.in/economy/poverty-measure-niti-aayog-decline
However, does the methodology and its results hold up to closer examination? Has the ‘multidimensional’ index been able to capture the full picture?
However, the government of India has not been able to tell citizens the number and share of the population below the consumption poverty line, which has been the traditional method of estimating poverty globally for decades. India has used consumption poverty as the measure for over four decades.
14/08/2023