{"id":149236,"date":"2024-12-28T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=149236"},"modified":"2025-02-13T15:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:28:11","slug":"about-hces","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/about-hces","title":{"rendered":"Household Consumption Expenditure Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey was conducted for the<\/span><b> second consecutive year (2023-24) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after a <\/span><b>11-year gap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since <\/span><b>2011-12<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, following the<\/span><b> cancellation of 2017-18 survey data <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">due to \u201cquality\u201d concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Two consecutive surveys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were conducted for the periods<\/span><b> August 2022\u2013July 2023 and August 2023\u2013July 2024, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following the normalization of the<\/span><b> COVID-19 pandemic situation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey data is used to update the <\/span><b>basket and weights <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for calculating the <\/span><b>Consumer Price Index (CPI), measure poverty, inequality, and social exclusion,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and analyze economic conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serves as the primary indicator for analytical purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.8555%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Imputed Values<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imputed for goods received via welfare programs (e.g.,<\/span><b> rice, wheat, school uniforms, footwear)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Health and education services excluded due to valuation complexity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Key Findings<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure Estimates:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Rural<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b94,122 (without imputation), \u20b94,247 (with imputation).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Urban<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b96,996 (without imputation), \u20b97,078 (with imputation).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MPCE increased by 9% in rural areas and 8% in urban areas compared to 2022-23.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Urban-Rural Gap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gap narrowed to <\/span><b>70% in 2023-24 from 71% in 2022-23<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>84% in 2011-12, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indicating rural consumption growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Consumption Inequality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gini Coefficient declined:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Rural<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 0.237 (2023-24) from 0.266 (2022-23).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Urban<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 0.284 (2023-24) from 0.314 (2022-23).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Maximum MPCE growth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (22% rural, 19% urban) observed among the bottom 5%\u201310% population.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Spending Composition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Non-food items dominate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 53% in rural and 60% in urban MPCE.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food and beverage spending was reduced due to lower spending on edible oils, despite high food inflation.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Vegetable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spending increased.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Major non-food contributors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: conveyance, clothing, durable goods, rent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>State and Union Territory-wise MPCE<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest MPCE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Sikkim (Rural: \u20b99,377, Urban: \u20b913,927).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>UTs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Chandigarh (Rural: \u20b98,857, Urban: \u20b913,425).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lowest MPCE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Chhattisgarh (Rural: \u20b92,739, Urban: \u20b94,927).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>UTs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Dadra &#038; Nagar Haveli and Daman &#038; Diu (Rural: \u20b94,311) and Jammu &#038; Kashmir (Urban: \u20b96,327).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Regional Disparities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Highest rural-urban MPCE gap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Meghalaya (104%), followed by Jharkhand (83%) and Chhattisgarh (80%).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nine out of eighteen major states have MPCE above the national average.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pw.live\/govt-entrance-exams\/upsc-books?utm_source=SEO&#038;utm_medium=PW+Live&#038;utm_campaign=UPSC+CSE+Books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check Out UPSC CSE Books From PW Store<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><b>Comparison with 2011-12<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.5971%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.33735%;\"><b>Year<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.0562%;\"><b>Rural MPCE (\u20b9)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.759%;\"><b>Urban MPCE (\u20b9)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.1205%;\"><b>Adjusted for 2011-12 Prices (Rural \u20b9)<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.6951%;\"><b>Adjusted for 2011-12 Prices (Urban \u20b9)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.33735%;\"><b>2011-12<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.0562%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,430<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.759%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2,630<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.1205%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,430<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.6951%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2,630<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.33735%;\"><b>2023-24<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.0562%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4,122<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.759%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6,996<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 30.1205%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2,079<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.6951%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3,632<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-149184\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/281-676ff4081c3e4.webp\" alt=\"Household Consumption Expenditure Survey\" width=\"551\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/281-676ff4081c3e4.webp 707w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/281-676ff4081c3e4-300x202.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Conducting Authority: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey is conducted by the <\/span><b>National Statistical Office (NSO)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every 3\u20135 years.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially, HCES was conducted annually starting in <\/span><b>1950-51<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, since its 26th round, it has been conducted approximately every five years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Purpose of the Survey: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey is designed to collect information on the consumption of goods and services by households.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Coverage: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey covers the entire Indian Union, excluding a few inaccessible villages in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Significance of the Collected Data<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps in assessing trends in economic well-being.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used to estimate poverty levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It updates weightages in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to measure retail inflation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc\/pw-only-ias?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Classes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About National Statistical Office (NSO)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: NSO was formed in 2019 by merging the <\/span><b>Central Statistical Office (CSO)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recommendation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The establishment of NSO as the nodal body for core statistical activities was first suggested by the <\/span><b>C. Rangarajan Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Affiliation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: NSO operates under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Function<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It collects, compiles, and disseminates reliable, objective, and relevant statistical data.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.6375%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 111.19%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Also Read<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.797%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/editorial-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>UPSC Daily Editorials<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.393%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/daily-current-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>UPSC Daily Current Affairs<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.797%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Daily Current Affairs Quiz<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.393%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/mains-answer-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Daily Main Answer Writing<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.797%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pw.live\/govt-entrance-exams\/upsc-books\/upsc-previous-year-papers?utm_source=SEO&#038;utm_medium=PW+Live&#038;utm_campaign=UPSC+Previous+Year+Papers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check Out Previous Years Papers From PW Store<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.393%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-test-series-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>UPSC Test Series<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.797%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pw.live\/govt-entrance-exams\/upsc-books\/upsc-textbooks?utm_source=SEO&#038;utm_medium=PW+Live&#038;utm_campaign=UPSC+Textbooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check Out UPSC NCERT Textbooks From PW Store<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 61.393%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pw.live\/govt-entrance-exams\/upsc-books\/upsc-modules?utm_source=SEO&#038;utm_medium=PW+Live&#038;utm_campaign=UPSC+Modules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check Out UPSC Modules From PW Store<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey was conducted for the second consecutive year (2023-24) after a 11-year gap since 2011-12, following the cancellation of 2017-18 survey data due to \u201cquality\u201d concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":149192,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"paper-wise":[2089],"subject":[2100],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/149236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/current-affairs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/149236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149238,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/149236\/revisions\/149238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149236"},{"taxonomy":"paper-wise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper-wise?post=149236"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=149236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}