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Title: India on track to meet SDG target as over 400 million exit poverty
Source:Mint
Date:1 February 2023
Over 400 million Indians escaped poverty between 2005-06 and 2019-2021, according to the Economic Survey 2022-23, tabled in Parliament on 31 January 2022. The survey highlighted the key findings of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2022 report released in October 2022, covering 111 developing countries. “Demonstrating the on-track progress to attain Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of halving poverty by 2030, more than 41 crore (410 mn) people exited poverty between 2005-06 and 2019-21 according to the UN Multi-dimensional Poverty Index," said the survey. Poverty includes lack access to healthcare, sanitation, clean drinking water or electricity, and quality of education.
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