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[1/n]. More than half of #Bihar's (52.5%) population was #MultidimensionallyPoor in 2015-16. #MultidimensionalHeadcountRatio of the state was 77.4% in 2005-06.

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[2/n]. Among the states/UTs, #Bihar has the higher #MultidimensionalPovertyIndex (i.e. 0.248). It was 0.449 in 2005-06, highest among the states/UTs.

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[3/n]. The total number of #MultidimensionalPoor in Bihar was 61.8 million in 2015-16. It was 71.3 million in 2005-06.

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[4/n]. Top 5 states/ UTs in terms of %age of people affected by non-monetary poverty in 2015-16 are #Bihar (52.5%), #Jharkhand (46.5%), #MadhyaPradesh (41.1%), #UttarPradesh (40.8%) & #Chhattisgarh (36.8%).

[5/n]. In 2015-16, top 5 states/ UTs in terms of no. of people affected by #multidimensionalpoverty are #UttarPradesh (84.7 million), #Bihar (61.8 ml), #MadhyaPradesh (35.6 ml), #WestBengal (26.2 ml) & #Rajasthan (23.6 ml).
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[6/n]. In absolute terms, d highest drop in the no. of people affected by #multidimensionalpoverty between 2005-06 & 2015-16 has been noted for #UttarPradesh (nearly 46 million), followed by #AndhraPradesh (27.5 m), #WestBengal (27.2 m), #Maharashtra (21.2 m) and #Karnataka (20m)

[7/n]. In 2015-16, the top five states/ UTs in terms of #MultidimensionalPovertyIndex are #Bihar (MPI=0.248), #Jharkhand (MPI=0.208), #UttarPradesh (MPI= 0.183), #MadhyaPradesh (MPI= 0.182), and #Assam (MPI=0.162).

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