Srinagar, Oct 21, Oct. 22 -- The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has proposed a household-level enumeration of vulnerable families to identify multidimensional deprivations and improve the targeting of welfare schemes. The proposal was discussed at a meeting chaired by Nasir Aslam Wani, Advisor to Chief Minister. The review highlighted a significant decline in multidimensional poverty in Jammu & Kashmir. The poverty headcount ratio decreased from 12.56% in 2015-16 to 4.80% in 2019-21, while the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) score fell from 0.055 to 0.020. The national poverty headcount ratio declined from 24.8% to 14.96% during the same period.The proposed enumeration will initially cover Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and ol...