Digital Desk: Assam has been listed as the poorest state after Meghalaya in the North-Eastern Region as per the inaugural Multi-dimensional Poverty Index of NITI Aayog released on Friday.
With 32 67 present, Assam is the poorest state in the Northeast, following after Nagaland (10th with 25.23%), Arunachal Pradesh (11th with 24.27%), Manipur (14th with 17.89%), Tripura (16th with 16.65%) and Mizoram (22nd with 9.80%).
Meghalaya listed as the 5th poorest States in India. This List is headed by Bihar (51.88%) and followed by Jharkhand (47.99%), Madhya Pradesh (45.49%), Uttar Pradesh (44.47%) and Chhattisgarh (43.02%). Except for Assam (39.67%) other States of the North-East fare comparatively better than Meghalaya in the Nutrition aspect.