Poverty Elimination Report

But its definition of extreme poverty was based on a lower floor of earning than the World Bank's

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that while the Modi government is presenting the World Bank report as a success story, it raises serious concerns about persistent inequality

Traditional estimates of poverty in the country rely on indicators that are outdated or inaccurate

The report says India recorded largest reduction in number of people living in poverty in that period

The current poverty estimates are based on the methodology recommended by Suresh Tendulkar in 2009