A shadow report evaluating India's progress against the targets laid down by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted by 189 countries five years ago, was released on Monday by "Wada Na Todo Abhiyan", a coalition of citizens groups that is monitoring the Indian government's commitment to the MDG framework and the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP). The report, the result of focus group discussions held in 1541 villages across 13 states, says that though government figures estimate that poverty levels came down form 37 per cent in 1993-94 to 27 per cent in 1999-2000, the report points out that in contrast, the calorie intake for the year 1993-1994 showed that nearly seventy per cent of the rural population was below the poverty line.