Estimates of multidimensional poverty for India using NSSO-71 and -75

Venugopal Mothkoor and Nina Badgaiyan

No wp-2021-1, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014-15 to 2017-18. We use income, health, education, and standard of living to measure the multidimensional poverty index (MPI). The MPI headcount declined from 26.9 to 13.75 per cent over the study period. The all-India estimates indicate that 144 million people were lifted from poverty during this period. We include different health dimensions, factoring in insurance, institutional coverage, antenatal care, and chronic conditions.

Keywords: Multidimensional poverty index; Income; Poverty; India; Deprivation; Rural; Urban; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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