HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Jan 16: Poverty headcount in Assam has reduced by 25 per cent in last three years, informed chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.
Citing NITI Aayog report, the chief minister said that more than 80 lakh people in the state have ‘escaped poverty’ under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
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“80 lakh people in the State have escaped poverty under Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji’s government. In last 3 years poverty headcount ratio has come down by 25 per cent”, Sarma wrote on micro-blogging site X.
Maintaining that the state is ‘experiencing its most prosperous era in modern history’, he added, “We are currently on a rapid growth trajectory that will see Assam make a significant contribution to nation building by emerging as one the top 5 states in the country”.
Further sharing the National Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) provided by the Aayog, Sarma said the poverty headcount ratio in the state has come down from 36.97 per cent in 2013-14 to 14.47 per cent in 2022-23.
“An estimated 80.36 lakh people have escaped poverty in the State, in a big win of our welfare initiatives,” he added.
Notably, NITI Aayog conducted the MPI to analyse poverty using 12 indicators like nutrition, mortality rates, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, assets, and bank accounts.
As per a recent report by NITI Aayog, a total of 24.82 crore individuals escaped multidimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23.
