Rural consumption per person
Rural spending per person runs from ₹2,739 in Chhattisgarh to ₹9,377 in Sikkim, a gap of 3.4 times inside one country.
Policy implication
A single national poverty line converted at one price level treats these as the same economy. State-specific price deflators are not a refinement here, they are the difference between a real estimate and an arithmetic one.
A single national poverty line converted at one price level treats these as the same economy. State-specific price deflators are not a refinement here, they are the difference between a real estimate and an arithmetic one.
Source: HCES 2023-24 (MoSPI) (2023-24). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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