There's a new poverty statistic doing the rounds in India. According to unreleased data from the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) reported in The Indian Express on Friday, about 35 percent of urban Indian households live below the poverty line. This has been calculated on the basis of the criteria laid down by an expert group of the Planning Commission led by Prof. S R Hashim.

As per the statistics, the highest percentage of urban poverty is in Manipur (54.95%) while the lowest is in Goa (16%).

Earlier this month, data from the SECC had stated that 73% of the total households were in villages, and out of these, 74% lived on a monthly income of less than Rs 5,000 of its highest earner.