Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Bihar, Jharkhand and UP still poorest states in ‘shining’ India

Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, Indian government’s top policy think tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog (commission) said in its latest report on Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). According to the index, 51.91 per cent of the total population of Bihar is poor, followed … Read more