The MPI tracks 101 countries on deprivations across 10 indicators in health, education and standard of living. According to the MPI Report 2019, India has lifted 271 million people out of poverty, significantly reducing deprivations in assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition. India has registered the fastest reduction in poverty among 10 countries covering a wide geography whose combined population is 2 billion. Poverty reduction in India was faster in rural India than in urban India. Finally, MPI is measured by multiplying the percentage of people who are MPI poor (incidence of poverty) with the average intensity of MPI poverty across the poor measured in percentage terms.

Source: The Telegraph July 17, 2019 03:45 UTC