Poverty Eradication

Poverty Burden: The NITI Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2021, which takes health, education, and standard of living as three dimensions of poverty, suggests that 25.01% of the population in the county lives in poverty.

Extreme Poverty: According to a World Bank working paper, extreme poverty in India dropped to 10.2% in the pre-Covid year of 2019 from as much as 22.5% in 2011.

Census 2011: As per Census 2011, 21.9% of the population lives below the national poverty line.

Schemes & Programs

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): The Act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every ....

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