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Anjali ThakurAIR 43· 2023

Question 7GS2GS2

The role of NITI Aayog in the country is to breakdown poverty is reliable poverty assessment for programme implementation and monitoring. In this context discuss the methodology and significance of NITI Aayog's National Multidimensional Poverty Index.

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Introduction

NITI Aayog brought multidimensional poverty index (MPI) based on 3 key indicators → Health, Education, living standards

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Main Body

NITI Aayog brought multidimensional poverty index (MPI) based on 3 key indicatorsHealth, Education, living standards

Creation of poverty elements:

1Poverty assessment → necessary to get idea of prevalence (eg Bihar ranked last 50% poverty)
2Program design for targeted approach
3Implementation then monitoring.

NITI Aayog methodology based on UNDPs MPI index:

Parameter:

HealthEducationotherslooking for
Modalitymean year of schooling, access to school, Asset for, Banking, Housing, Sanitation

Right to health becomes important in todays era of environmental pollution and recent disease like COVID-19.

[Right to Health - Constitutional, Legal Precedents, International Commitments]

Art 21 comprise Right to health.
National Health Policy 2019

[Why explicit legal recognition]

1Huge burden of disease
2Unaware people of their rights
3Policy & budget are allocated towards different priorities
4Data protection
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Diagram

Flow diagram showing Right to Health with three branches: Constitutional, Legal Precedents, and International Commitments leading to National Health Policy 2019

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Topper

Anjali Thakur

AIR 432023

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

Issues relating to Poverty and Hunger

Paradox of Poverty

Poverty Assessment and Measurement

Writing Stats

159

Total words

6

Paragraphs

2

Bullets

analytical

Tone