{
  "format": "india-by-the-numbers.series.v1",
  "id": "household/household-spending",
  "name": "Household consumption",
  "hub": "Household",
  "topic": "Household spending",
  "moduleIds": [
    "household-spending"
  ],
  "url": "https://data.indiadispatch.com/household/household-consumption",
  "period": "2023-24",
  "periodKey": "2023-24",
  "latest": {
    "formattedValue": "₹4,122 · $42.8",
    "supportingFigures": "Rural monthly spending per person; urban readings and expenditure categories are in the tables.",
    "inr": 4122,
    "usd": 42.794850498338874
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation",
    "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/"
  },
  "numericValue": 4122,
  "unit": "INR",
  "measure": "rural_mpce_rupees",
  "cadence": "Survey rounds",
  "version": "0196c781545971318adb115bd89865143d4ecac8bdc251062713d9f2586d5e00",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-05T05:33:24.257Z",
  "coverage": "1999/2024",
  "notes": [
    "The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.",
    "Survey-round labels retain their original years. Structured date coverage is a calendar-year envelope, not an assumed fiscal-year or month boundary.",
    "Monthly per-capita consumption expenditure under the Modified Mixed Reference Period. Survey estimates include imputed values for home-produced consumption where the report specifies them.",
    "Dollar equivalents use the site’s reference rate of $1 = ₹96.32 on 2 October 2026, not historical exchange rates."
  ],
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "scope": "India Dispatch's original compiled tables and editorial text"
  },
  "sourceRights": "Underlying source publishers retain their own rights. This license does not grant rights to publisher documents, branding or other third-party material.",
  "attribution": "India by the numbers, Household consumption, 2023-24, https://data.indiadispatch.com/household/household-consumption. Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.",
  "valueRepresentation": "Table cells are the publication's formatted observations, with units retained. Missing observations are not zero. Numeric latest amounts, where present, are separately labelled INR and USD.",
  "tables": [
    {
      "title": "Spending by category",
      "temporalCoverage": "2023/2024",
      "columns": [
        "Category",
        "Rural",
        "Urban",
        "Rural share",
        "Urban share"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "id": "cereals",
          "cells": [
            "cereals",
            "₹206 · $2.14",
            "₹263 · $2.73",
            "4.99%",
            "3.76%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pulses",
          "cells": [
            "pulses",
            "₹84 · $0.872",
            "₹98 · $1.02",
            "2.04%",
            "1.4%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sugar and salt",
          "cells": [
            "sugar and salt",
            "₹37 · $0.384",
            "₹40 · $0.415",
            "0.89%",
            "0.57%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "milk and milk products",
          "cells": [
            "milk and milk products",
            "₹348 · $3.61",
            "₹503 · $5.22",
            "8.44%",
            "7.19%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "vegetables",
          "cells": [
            "vegetables",
            "₹248 · $2.57",
            "₹288 · $2.99",
            "6.03%",
            "4.12%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "fruits",
          "cells": [
            "fruits",
            "₹158 · $1.64",
            "₹271 · $2.81",
            "3.85%",
            "3.87%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "egg, fish and meat",
          "cells": [
            "egg, fish and meat",
            "₹203 · $2.11",
            "₹249 · $2.59",
            "4.92%",
            "3.56%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "edible oil",
          "cells": [
            "edible oil",
            "₹114 · $1.18",
            "₹127 · $1.32",
            "2.77%",
            "1.82%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "spices",
          "cells": [
            "spices",
            "₹135 · $1.4",
            "₹161 · $1.67",
            "3.27%",
            "2.3%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "beverages and processed food",
          "cells": [
            "beverages and processed food",
            "₹406 · $4.22",
            "₹776 · $8.06",
            "9.84%",
            "11.09%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pan, tobacco and intoxicants",
          "cells": [
            "pan, tobacco and intoxicants",
            "₹158 · $1.64",
            "₹166 · $1.72",
            "3.84%",
            "2.37%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "fuel and light",
          "cells": [
            "fuel and light",
            "₹252 · $2.62",
            "₹391 · $4.06",
            "6.11%",
            "5.59%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "education",
          "cells": [
            "education",
            "₹133 · $1.38",
            "₹418 · $4.34",
            "3.24%",
            "5.97%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "medical",
          "cells": [
            "medical",
            "₹282 · $2.93",
            "₹409 · $4.25",
            "6.83%",
            "5.85%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "conveyance",
          "cells": [
            "conveyance",
            "₹313 · $3.25",
            "₹592 · $6.15",
            "7.59%",
            "8.46%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "consumer services",
          "cells": [
            "consumer services",
            "₹217 · $2.25",
            "₹400 · $4.15",
            "5.25%",
            "5.72%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "miscellaneous goods and entertainment",
          "cells": [
            "miscellaneous goods and entertainment",
            "₹256 · $2.66",
            "₹484 · $5.02",
            "6.22%",
            "6.92%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rent",
          "cells": [
            "rent",
            "₹23 · $0.239",
            "₹460 · $4.78",
            "0.56%",
            "6.58%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taxes and cesses",
          "cells": [
            "taxes and cesses",
            "₹9 · $0.0934",
            "₹23 · $0.239",
            "0.21%",
            "0.33%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "clothing and footwear",
          "cells": [
            "clothing and footwear",
            "₹273 · $2.83",
            "₹396 · $4.11",
            "6.63%",
            "5.66%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "durable goods",
          "cells": [
            "durable goods",
            "₹267 · $2.77",
            "₹481 · $4.99",
            "6.48%",
            "6.87%"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Spending composition across survey rounds",
      "temporalCoverage": "1999/2024",
      "columns": [
        "Period",
        "Rural food share",
        "Rural fuel share",
        "Rural education share",
        "Rural conveyance share",
        "Rural rent share",
        "Rural durables share",
        "Rural medical share",
        "Urban food share",
        "Urban fuel share",
        "Urban education share",
        "Urban conveyance share",
        "Urban rent share",
        "Urban durables share",
        "Urban medical share"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "id": "1999-00",
          "cells": [
            "1999-00",
            "59.4%",
            "7.52%",
            "1.93%",
            "2.94%",
            "0.39%",
            "2.62%",
            "6.09%",
            "48.06%",
            "7.75%",
            "4.33%",
            "5.52%",
            "4.46%",
            "3.61%",
            "5.06%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2004-05",
          "cells": [
            "2004-05",
            "53.11%",
            "9.81%",
            "3.12%",
            "3.63%",
            "0.48%",
            "3.95%",
            "6.27%",
            "40.51%",
            "9.47%",
            "6.67%",
            "6.21%",
            "5.38%",
            "4.46%",
            "5.2%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2009-10",
          "cells": [
            "2009-10",
            "56.98%",
            "8.03%",
            "3.59%",
            "3.45%",
            "0.46%",
            "3.69%",
            "5.4%",
            "44.39%",
            "6.94%",
            "8.09%",
            "5.63%",
            "5.79%",
            "4.31%",
            "4.99%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2011-12",
          "cells": [
            "2011-12",
            "52.9%",
            "7.98%",
            "3.49%",
            "4.2%",
            "0.45%",
            "4.85%",
            "6.65%",
            "42.62%",
            "6.69%",
            "6.9%",
            "6.52%",
            "6.24%",
            "5.6%",
            "5.54%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2022-23",
          "cells": [
            "2022-23",
            "46.38%",
            "6.66%",
            "3.3%",
            "7.55%",
            "0.78%",
            "6.89%",
            "7.13%",
            "39.17%",
            "6.26%",
            "5.78%",
            "8.59%",
            "6.56%",
            "7.17%",
            "5.91%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2023-24",
          "cells": [
            "2023-24",
            "47.04%",
            "6.11%",
            "3.24%",
            "7.59%",
            "0.56%",
            "6.48%",
            "6.83%",
            "39.68%",
            "5.59%",
            "5.97%",
            "8.46%",
            "6.58%",
            "6.87%",
            "5.85%"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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