CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -It was developed by OPHI with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2010. It is a part of UNDP’s Human Development Report (HDR) and is released annually. MPI 2022 was released in October 2022. India ranked 62 in the Global MPI 2020 which ranked 107 countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -It has since been used to measure acute poverty across over 100 developing countries. The Global MPI is released annually by UNDP and OPHI and the results published in their websites. The MPI is published along with the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Human Development Report. It replaced the Human Poverty Index.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Multidimensional Poverty Index identifies acute deprivations in health, education and standard of living by interrogating 10 indicators - nutrition, child mortality, years of schooling, school attendance, access to cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, and housing, and ownership of assets.

Detailed explanation-4: -Purpose of MPI The National MPI Project is aimed at deconstructing the Global MPI and creating a globally aligned and yet customised India MPI for drawing up comprehensive Reform Action Plans with the larger goal of improving India’s position in the Global MPI rankings.