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Big win in Modi government’s scorecard: halving multidimensional poverty

The high point of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s concluding speech at the mega 39-party NDA meeting in Delhi on Tuesday was the mention of NITI Aayog’s report released on July 17, which is a huge endorsement of his government’s pro-poor policies. The report reflects a steady decrease in the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), which is an authentic metric for evaluating poverty levels, with 13.5 crore people exiting extreme poverty within the last five years.