{
  "id": "soc-gini-056",
  "question": "How unequal is consumption in rural India?",
  "topic": "Society",
  "unit": "",
  "decimals": 3,
  "measures": "Gini coefficient of per capita consumption expenditure in rural India, from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey: 0 means every person spends the same, 1 means one person accounts for all spending. It measures inequality in consumption, not income or wealth. Usual NSS estimates, without imputing items received free through welfare schemes.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "MoSPI, Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), Factsheet 2023-24",
    "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/HCES%20FactSheet%202023-24.pdf",
    "table": "HCES 2023-24 Factsheet, Statement 8 (Gini coefficient of total consumption expenditure, rural, All-India)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2024-12-27",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation",
    "survey": "Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023-24, Factsheet",
    "frequency": "Survey rounds; HCES 2022-23 and 2023-24 were run back to back",
    "measures": "Gini coefficient of per capita consumption expenditure in rural India (0 = everyone spends the same, 1 = one person accounts for all spending), without imputation",
    "notes": [
      "MoSPI publishes two sets of estimates: without imputation (shown here) and with the imputed value of items received free through social welfare programmes.",
      "HCES 2022-23 and 2023-24 use the same method; the 2011-12 round (68th round) used a different questionnaire.",
      "It measures inequality of consumption, not of income or wealth."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 0.266
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 0.237
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/soc-gini-056/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/soc-gini-056/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/soc-gini-056/versions.csv"
}