Current Affairs Question - 09 July 2019

Explanation :

• On 13^th July, 2019, Meghalaya became the first state to approve a draft water policy to address water issues, conservation, and protection of water sources in the state.
• The policy intends to achieve sustainable development, management and use of water resources with community participation.
• A Water Sanitation Village Council at village level will be constituted to tackle the issues related to utilization of water and livelihood and how to preserve water bodies in the state.

Explanation :

• Statement 1: MPI is jointly developed and released annually by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). First developed in 2010, it replaced Human Poverty Index. Sabina Alkire and Maria Emma Santos designed the MPI using a technique for multidimensional measurement known as the Alkire Foster method, created by Sabina Alkire and James Foster. So, the given statement is incorrect.
• Statement 2: Apart from the basis of income, other indicators such as poor health, poor quality of work and the threat of violence are being used for the development of report. So, the given statement is correct.
• Statement 3: The report shows that, in the 101 countries assessed - 31 low income, 68 middle income and 2 high income –about 1.3 billion people are multi-dimensionally poor. So, the given statement is correct.
• Statement 4: Incidence of multidimensional poverty halved in India, going down to 27.5%. Among states, Jharkhand had the greatest improvement, with Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Nagaland only slightly behind. So, the given statement is correct.