- MPIs focus on deprivations beyond just income or consumption.
- They capture multiple dimensions of poverty.
- Example: SECC 2011 captured data on housing, deprivation, employment, assets, landownership.
- It allows tracking deprivation of households.
- It addresses gaps effectively with a focus on multi-dimensionality.
- It helps in evidence-based developmental interventions.
- It leads to selection of right beneficiaries and minimizes duplication/fraud.
- This goes beyond income or expenditure-based poverty.