{
  "id": "soc-mpcer-054",
  "question": "How much does a rural Indian spend on consumption each month?",
  "topic": "Society",
  "unit": "₹ a month",
  "decimals": 0,
  "measures": "Average monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) of households in rural India, in rupees at current prices, from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey. These are the usual NSS estimates, without imputing the value of items received free through welfare schemes (with imputation: ₹4,247 in 2023-24). HCES 2022-23 and 2023-24 use the same method; older rounds used different questionnaires.",
  "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 2 (Average MPCE, rural, All-India; without imputation)",
    "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": "Average monthly per capita consumption expenditure of rural households, in rupees at current prices, 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.",
      "With imputation of free items, rural MPCE was ₹4,247 in 2023-24."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 3773
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 4122
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/soc-mpcer-054/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/soc-mpcer-054/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/soc-mpcer-054/versions.csv"
}