New Delhi : The household monthly per capita consumer expenses have more than doubled in the last one decade, according to the latest study of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) for 2022-23 as compared to 2011-12, an official release said. The NSSO, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), has conducted the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) during August 2022 to July 2023.
The average MPCE at current prices (without imputation) more than doubled from Rs 2,630 in 2011-'12 to Rs 6,459 in urban areas in 2022-23 and rural areas showed a leap from Rs 1,430 to Rs 3,773. As per the study, the average MPCE at 2011-12 prices (without imputation) also increased to Rs 3,510 in 2022-23 from Rs 2,630 in 2011-12 in urban areas. Similarly, it rose to Rs 2,008 from Rs 1,430 in rural areas at 2011-12 prices.
It showed that the average MPCE also increased (with imputation) to Rs 6,521 in 2022-23 from Rs 2,630 in 2011-12 at current prices in urban areas. Similarly, it rose to Rs 3,860 from Rs 1,430 in rural areas. The average MPCE at 2011-12 prices (with imputation) increased to Rs 3,544 in 2022-23 from Rs 2,630 in 2011-12 in urban areas. It increased to Rs 2,054 from Rs 1,430 in rural areas.
This survey on household consumption expenditure aims at generating estimates of household Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) and its distribution separately for the rural and urban sectors of the country, for States and Union Territories, and for different socio-economic groups.
As per the survey results, the average estimated monthly per capital consumption expenditure in 2022-23 has been Rs. 3,773 in rural India and Rs. 6,459 in urban India. The bottom 5% of India’s rural population, ranked by MPCE, has an average MPCE of Rs. 1,373 while it is Rs. 2,001 for the same category of population in the urban areas. The top 5% of India’s rural and urban population has an average MPCE of Rs. 10,501 and Rs. 20,824, respectively.
