The month-to-month per capita cereal consumption in rural areas stood under 10 kg in 2022-23, in line with the newest report of the Family Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) launched by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday.
The consumption of cereals in rural households declined to 9.61 kg in 2022-23 from 11.23 kg in 2011-12, whereas in city households, it declined to eight.05 kg from 9.32 kg over the identical interval.
The information reveals that consumption of cereals in rural areas was highest in West Bengal (11.23 kg), adopted by Odisha (11.21 kg), Bihar (11.14 kg), Rajasthan (10.55 kg) and Chattisgarh (10.27 kg). Amongst city areas, folks in Bihar consumed the best (10.45 kg) of cereals, adopted by Chhattisgarh (10.43 kg), Jharkhand (9.59 kg) and Rajasthan (9.50 kg).
Earlier in February, MoSPI launched a factsheet on the consumption expenditure which confirmed that the typical spending on non-food objects by rural India surpassed the 50 per cent mark for the primary time in 2022-23, with a lower within the proportion of complete expenditure now allotted to meals objects.
The survey outcomes launched after 11 years present that as a share of month-to-month per capita expenditure (MPCE), spending on meals objects in rural India decreased to 46.38 per cent in 2022-23 from 52.9 per cent in 2011-12. In city India, this proportion declined additional to 39.17 per cent in 2022-23 from 42.62 per cent in 2011-12.
The newest unit knowledge launched on Friday is predicted to play a pivotal function in reviewing vital financial indicators similar to the patron value index (CPI), the gross home product (GDP), and poverty ranges.
In accordance with the newest survey, the typical MPCE in Indian households rose by 33.5 per cent since 2011-12 in city households to Rs 3,510, with rural India’s MPCE seeing a 40.42 per cent enhance over the identical interval to hit Rs 2,008.
First Printed: Jun 08 2024 | 12:25 AM IST
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