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Hence, this study attempts to assess the multidimensional status of poverty among the social groups in India. National Family Health Survey, 2015\u201316 (NFHS-4) is a source of rich information on 579,698 households\u2019 well-being for this analysis. Alkire- Foster technique was applied to decompose the Multidimensional Poverty Index (M<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub>) across its dimensions and indicators for all the social groups. Three broad dimensions of deprivation\u2013Health, Education and Standard of Living\u2013include 12 indicators, guided by the poverty literature, data availability and the country\u2019s sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There were three main findings in this study: (1) Scheduled Tribes (STs) are the most disadvantaged subgroup in India with remarkably high values of headcount (H = 0.444;), intensity (A = 0.486), and M<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub> (0.216), followed by Scheduled Castes (SCs) (H = 0.292; A = 0.473; M<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub> = 0.138), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) (H = 0.245; A = 0.465; M<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub> = 0.114); and Others category is the most privileged with very low values of H = 0.149, A = 0.463, and M<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub> = 0.069; (2) STs contribute nearly twice their population share for both H and M<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub>, and the SCs contribution is also noticeably higher than their population share; (3) States located in the central and eastern regions of India have the higher H, A and M<jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub> for all the social groups. 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