Nsso Survey

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY OFFICE

Dated the 8th July, 2011

17th Asadha, 1933 Saka

PRESS RELEASE

KEY INDICATORS OF HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER EXPENDITURE IN INDIA,

2009-10

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation has released the key indicators of household consumer expenditure in India,

generated from the data collected in its 66th round survey during July 2009 - June 2010. NSS

surveys on consumer expenditure are conducted quinquennially starting from 27th round

(October 1972 – September 1973) and the last quinquennial survey was conducted in NSS

61st round (July 2004- June 2005) for which, the results have already been released. The NSS

66th round was the eighth quinquennial round on the subject.

The NSS consumer expenditure survey aims at generating estimates of household

monthly per capita 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. These indicators are amongst the most important measures of the level of living of

the respective domains of the population and are crucial input for estimation of prevalence of

poverty by the Planning Commission. The detailed results of quinquennial survey on

consumer expenditure are usually brought out by the NSSO through a number of reports. In

order to make available the salient results of the survey, well in advance of the release of its

reports, for use in planning, policy formulation, decision support and as input for further

statistical exercises, the NSSO has released the key indicators.

The key indicators are based on the Central Sample consisting of 7,524 villages in rural

areas and 5,284 urban blocks spread over all States and Union Territories except in (i) interior

villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of a bus route (ii) villages...