- Rangarajan Committee (2012) was appointed to review Tendulkar’s methodology.
- It raised the poverty limits compared to Tendulkar’s.
- It set limits to Rs. 32 per day in rural areas.
- And Rs. 47 per day in urban areas.
- It estimated poverty line at 29.5% in 2011-12.
- This methodology provided a higher poverty estimate than Tendulkar’s.