Srinagar, Oct. 21 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has proposed a household-level survey to identify vulnerable families, assess gaps in access to essential services and improve the targeting of welfare schemes.
The proposal was discussed at a meeting chaired by Advisor to the Chief Minister Nasir Aslam Wani, where officials reviewed the Union Territory's progress in reducing multidimensional poverty and explored measures to identify households requiring targeted assistance.
According to the figures presented at the meeting, Jammu and Kashmir's multidimensional poverty headcount ratio declined from 12.56 per cent in 2015-16 to 4.80 per cent in 2019-21. Its Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) score fell from 0.055 to 0.020 during the s...