Bhubaneswar: Cost of living in rural Odisha was one of the lowest in the country even as the state government claimed reduction in poverty by 11.73 between 2004-05 and 2007-08.

This was part of the Economic Survey 2010-11 report presented at the State Assembly here on Monday.

The cost of living in urban Odisha also used to be lower than the rest of India in the past.

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