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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bihar's per capita expenditure lowest in country

Bihar's per capita expenditure lowest in country

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published Published on Jul 13, 2011   modified Modified on Jul 13, 2011
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Patna/ New Delhi: Bihar Continues To Be At The Bottom Of The Ladder So Far Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (mpce) Is Concerned. Punjab, Kerala And Maharashtra Continue To Top The List.

According To The 66th Round Of The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey Released By The National Sample Survey Office (nsso) On Friday, Rural Bihar With Just Rs 780 Has The Lowest Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (mpce) In The Country To Be Followed By Chhattisgarh Rs 784 And Orissa Rs 818. The National Average For Rural India Is Rs 1,054 And Urban India Is Rs 1,984.

The Urban Monthly Per Capita Expenditure Of Bihar Is Also Lowest, Just Rs 1,238. The Figures Exposed The The Tall Claims Of The Nitish Kumar Government As On An Average Every Rural Bihari Spends Just Rs 26 Per Day While The Figure For Urban Sector Is About Rs 41.

Similar Is The Situation In Orissa And Chhattisgarh, The Two States Which Have Made Big Claims About Industrialization.

The Survey Was Conducted Between July 2009 And June 2010. It Ranked Bihar At The Bottom. A Similar Survey Conducted During July 2007 To June 2008 Had Put Both Bihar And Orissa In The Same Positions As Now, Indicating That The Condition Of People In These States Had Remained Unchanged.

Kerala, Punjab And Haryana Top The List Of States With Highest Average Mpce Of Rs 1,835, Rs 1,649 And Rs 1,510 Respectively In Rural Areas. Among Urban Areas, Maharashtra With Rs 2,437 Is On Top To Be Followed By Kerala Rs 2,413 And Haryana Rs 2,321.

This Explodes The Myth Woven By Advertisement Agencies And Media That There Is A Rural Consumption Boom In India. The Truth Is That Income Inequality Between The Rural And Urban Consumers Widened To 91 Per Cent. In The 61st Round Of The Survey Done In 2004-05 The Urban-rural Gap Was Of 80 Per Cent.

Experts Are Deeply Concerned Over This Rise In Divide And Say That It Shows That The Agriculture Sector Is Simply Collapsing In The Country.

The Survey Also Says That Average Urban Mpce Was 28 Per Cent Higher Than Rural Mpce In Punjab, 31 Per Cent Higher In Kerala, And 41 Per Cent Higher In Rajasthan.

The Latest Survey Shows The Share Of The Food In Total Consumption Expenditure Is Coming Down In Both Rural And Urban India. The Share Of Food In Consumer Expenditure Was 57% In Rural India And 44.4% In Urban India.

Rural India Is Spending Less On Cereals, Edible Oil And Fruits. They Are Spending More On Pulses, Milk, Non-vegetarian Items And Beverages. In Urban India, Consumption Of Nearly All Food Items Is Either Going Down Or Is Constant Compared With The Earlier Survey. In Contrast Consumption In Non-food Items, Which Include Consumer Durables, Education And Recreation, Among Others, Has Shown An Upward Sign Both In Rural And Urban Areas.

It Needs To Be Mentioned That Exactly Four Years Back The Then Member Of Planning Commission, (now Late) Arjun Sengupta Came Out With A Report Stating That 77 Per Cent Indians Spend Just Rs 20 A Day. The Scenario Is More Or Less The Same. The Only Difference Is That The Value Of Rupee Has Fallen Down Further.

TimesWireService.Com, 10 July, 2011, http://www.timeswireservice.com/news/Bihars_per_capita_expenditure_lowest_in_country_1310332448/


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