Whose methodology did the Planning Commission adopt in 2009 for estimating poverty, and which committee revisited it afterwards?

The Tendulkar Committee, revisited by the Rangarajan CommitteeCorrect answerYour answerThe Lakdawala Committee, revisited by the Tendulkar CommitteeCorrect answerYour answerThe Rangarajan Committee, revisited by the Tendulkar CommitteeCorrect answerYour answerThe Sen Committee, revisited by the Lakdawala CommitteeCorrect answerYour answer

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The Tendulkar Committee reported in 2009 and its methodology was adopted for the official poverty estimates.
The Rangarajan Committee was set up afterwards and reported in 2014 with a higher poverty line and therefore a higher poverty count.
The Lakdawala Committee came before both, in 1993.

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Rangarajan's recommendations were not formally adopted, which is why two different official-looking figures circulate for the same years.

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