MWITA-CC-2026-014 · Evidence A · P1
India's 2023-24 HCES estimated monthly per-capita consumption expenditure of INR 4,122 in rural and INR 6,996 in urban India; food represented 47.04% and 39.68% respectively.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
MPCE is an average, excludes imputation of selected free welfare items in the cited table, and cannot directly indicate brand choice or individual affordability.
What would change the reading
Update with later HCES waves, distributional tables and price-adjusted comparisons.
Primary routes
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