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title: "Lakdawala Committee: Poverty Estimation in India"
description: "The Lakdawala Committee was a 1993 expert group that recommended state-specific poverty lines, crucial for accurate poverty estimation in India."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Lakdawala Committee was a 1993 expert group that recommended estimating poverty using state-specific poverty lines anchored to disaggregated consumer price indices rather than a single national line.
- Who chaired the Lakdawala Committee and in what year did it report?
- What was the key methodological change introduced by the Lakdawala Committee?
- How does the Lakdawala approach differ from the Tendulkar Committee approach?
- Where does the Lakdawala Committee fit in the sequence of poverty estimation committees?

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The Lakdawala Committee was a 1993 expert group that recommended estimating poverty using state-specific poverty lines anchored to disaggregated consumer price indices rather than a single national line.

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