Lok Sabha Question No. 2083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Rural Consumption and Consumer Spending
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari, Pradyut Bordoloi, Mimi Chakraborty, Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2083 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## RURAL CONSUMPTION AND CONSUMER SPENDING

## 2083.  SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY:

SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  has  been  a  decline  in  rural  consumption  and consumer  spending  has  declined  on  an  average  over  11 percent  in  last  two  years  growth  both  for  vegetables  and commodity which is the lowest during last 7 years;
- (b) whether the Government has attempted to assess the reasons therefor;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therein;
- (d) the measures being taken by the Government to increase rural consumption thereto; and
- (e) whether  any  report  or  survey  has  indicatedthat  the  rural Indians brought less of all food products barring milk and milkrelated items thereof and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME   IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING [RAO INDERJIT  SINGH]

- (a)  to  (e):  The  Household  Consumer  Expenditure  Surveys  conducted  by National  Statistical  Office  (NSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme

Implementation  (MoSPI)    generate  estimates  of  household  Monthly  Per Capita Consumer Expenditure (MPCE) and provide distribution of households  and  persons  over  the  MPCE  classes.  These  surveys  are designed to collect information regarding expenditure on consumption of goods (food and non-food) and services consumed by households.

The Monthly Per Capita Consumer Expenditure (MPCE) in rural areas separately for Food (including vegetables)   and Non-Food items from Household Consumer Expenditure Surveys conducted during 2009-10 and 2011-12 are given below:

| category                                                                                                                                              | 2009-10                                                                                                                                               | 2011-12                                                                                                                                               |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| food MPCE                                                                                                                                             | 600.36                                                                                                                                                | 756.49                                                                                                                                                |
| (vegetable MPCE)                                                                                                                                      | 87.33                                                                                                                                                 | 94.62                                                                                                                                                 |
| non-food MPCE                                                                                                                                         | 453.29                                                                                                                                                | 673.47                                                                                                                                                |
| total MPCE                                                                                                                                            | 1053.65                                                                                                                                               | 1429.96                                                                                                                                               |
| Source: NSS Report No. 538: Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure, 2009-10 NSS Report No. 555: Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure, 2011-12 | Source: NSS Report No. 538: Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure, 2009-10 NSS Report No. 555: Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure, 2011-12 | Source: NSS Report No. 538: Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure, 2009-10 NSS Report No. 555: Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure, 2011-12 |

The  Government  of  India  is  undertaking  a  number  of  interventions  for integrated and sustainable rural development through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting selfemployment,  skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance, infrastructure  development  etc.  The  schemes  such  as  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal  Upadhyay  -  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan  Mantri Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY),  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  RuRBAN  Mission,  National  Social Assistance  Programme  (NSAP)  and  Sansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY) among others are being implemented in the country.

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