MWITA-CSE-2026-007 · Evidence A · P1
The official HCES release reported nominal MPCE growth for the bottom 5% of about 22% in rural India and 19% in urban India between 2022-23 and 2023-24.
What this does not establish
Nominal spending growth is not automatically a real welfare gain.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Inflation, transfers, survey measurement and composition may contribute.
What would change the reading
Deflated fractile estimates or revised HCES.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.