Year: 2025 | Month: March | Volume 70 | Issue 1
Poverty in the Hill Districts of Manipur: A Multidimensional Study
Ramthar Thanglen and Damodar Nepram
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.1.2025.6
Abstract:
This study investigates the multiple facets of poverty and its high incidence in the hill districts of Manipur state. It employs the NITI Aayog approach, a modified version of the Alkire-Foster method. It incorporates weights and indicators to compute the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and its decomposition across population, sub-group, dimension, and indicators. The study focuses on three dimensions and twelve indicators from National Multidimensional Poverty Index. The primary data analysis estimates
the headcount ratio, intensity, and MPI at 0.328, 0.433, and 0.142, respectively. The study also reveals a higher poverty incidence in rural areas than urban areas. Nutrition is the most significant contributor to the MPI value, followed by years of schooling, attendance, and assets.
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