<p>The Finance Ministry in its Economic Survey for 2020-21 has introduced a new metric to gauge progress on the quality of bare necessities available such as drinking water, sanitation, shelter, electricity and LPG called the Bare Necessities Index (BNI). </p>.<p>The index has been developed as a means of assessing economic development using the "basic needs" approach. This approach sets minimum specified quantities of 26 basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, water, and sanitation, housing, micro-environment, and other facilities. </p>.<p>It has been defined based on data collected by the National Statistical Office on the abovementioned dimensions in 2012 and 2018.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/union-budget-2021/economic-survey-live-updates-parliament-budget-session-nirmala-sitharaman-krishnamurthy-subramanian-indian-economy-gdp-congress-bjp-944631.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the Economic Survey here</strong></a></p>.<p>A BNI value has a range of 0 to 1, with 0 being the least desirable and 1 being the most desirable score.</p>.<p>A map on the survey shows that BNI has tremendously improved in the country between 2012 and 2018. </p>.<p>In 2012, only Delhi and Goa had a BNI score of over 0.7 for both urban and rural households. In 2018, nine states and Union Territories — Kerala, Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi, Sikkim, and Mizoram — logged a score of more than 0.7.</p>.<p>The number of states who posted an unideal score of below 0.5 has fallen from 12 to 4.</p>
<p>The Finance Ministry in its Economic Survey for 2020-21 has introduced a new metric to gauge progress on the quality of bare necessities available such as drinking water, sanitation, shelter, electricity and LPG called the Bare Necessities Index (BNI). </p>.<p>The index has been developed as a means of assessing economic development using the "basic needs" approach. This approach sets minimum specified quantities of 26 basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, water, and sanitation, housing, micro-environment, and other facilities. </p>.<p>It has been defined based on data collected by the National Statistical Office on the abovementioned dimensions in 2012 and 2018.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/union-budget-2021/economic-survey-live-updates-parliament-budget-session-nirmala-sitharaman-krishnamurthy-subramanian-indian-economy-gdp-congress-bjp-944631.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the Economic Survey here</strong></a></p>.<p>A BNI value has a range of 0 to 1, with 0 being the least desirable and 1 being the most desirable score.</p>.<p>A map on the survey shows that BNI has tremendously improved in the country between 2012 and 2018. </p>.<p>In 2012, only Delhi and Goa had a BNI score of over 0.7 for both urban and rural households. In 2018, nine states and Union Territories — Kerala, Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi, Sikkim, and Mizoram — logged a score of more than 0.7.</p>.<p>The number of states who posted an unideal score of below 0.5 has fallen from 12 to 4.</p>
