National survey to estimate poverty with new metrics

Sources told ET that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is conducting the field work, while NITI Aayog is monitoring the performance of the country and states. The results will feed into UNDP’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) that ranks countries on the basis of health, education and living standards.

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