India, Nov. 26 -- The share of multi-dimensional poor in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is also uncomfortably high, according to NITI Aayog

One out of every two Bihar households is multi-dimensionally poor (51.9 per cent), according to India's first multi-dimensional poverty index released by NITI Aayog.

The share of multi-dimensional poor in Jharkhand (42.16 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (37.79 per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (36.6 per cent) is also uncomfortably high.

The Multidimensional Poverty Index has been used by the United Nations Development Programme in its flagship Human Development Report since 2010. It is the most widely employed non-monetary poverty index in the world.

It captures overlapping deprivations in health...