TO REMAIN THE POVERTY STANDARDS IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN 2021
The Government issues the Decree No. 07/2021/ND-CP on multidimensional poverty standards in the 2021 - 2025 period on January 27, 2021.
According to this Decree, the multidimensional poverty standards in the 2016 - 2020 period prescribed in the Decision No. 59/2015/QD-TTg dated November 19, 2015 shall continue to be implemented from January 01, 2021. To be specific: poor households in rural and poor households in urban areas shall have a monthly per capita income of VND 700,000 or less, and VND 900,000 or less, respectively.
However the standards of poor households for the 2022 – 2025 period are raised. Specifically, for rural area: households with a monthly per capita income of VND 1,500,000 or less and deprivation of 03 or more indicators used to measure the level of deprivation in access to basic social services. For urban area: households with a monthly per capita income of VND 2,000,000 or less and deprivation of 03 or more indicators used to measure the level of deprivation in access to basic social services.
With regard to the standards of near-poor households for the 2022 – 2025 period, for rural area: households in rural area with a monthly per capita income of VND 1,500,000 or less and deprivation of 03 or more indicators used to measure the level of deprivation in access to basic social services. For urban areas: households with a monthly per capita income of VND 2,000,000 or less and deprivation of 03 or more indicators used to measure the level of deprivation in access to basic social services.
This Decree takes effect on March 15, 2021.
