The Planning Commission has constituted an expert group headed by noted Economist C.Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty. Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar told reporters yesterday that the expert group is expected to submit its report in 7-9 months.

Outlining the need for revisiting the methodology for estimating poverty, the Minister said, that People's perspective about poverty has changed and there is a need to take a fresh look into the methodology for estimation of poverty in the country.

The Commission's estimates, based on the Tendulkar Committee methodology, that people spending more than 28.65 per day in cities and 22.42 in rural areas are not poor, had triggered a controversy which even rocked Parliament.