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100 _aMitra, Arup and Shrivastav, Puneet Kumar
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245 _aInterstate inequality in consumption: Emerging evidence from HCES 2022–23
260 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
300 _a59(28), Jul 13, 2024: p.17-20
520 _aInterspatial disparities across major states in India based on the consumption expenditure data for 2022–23 are analysed. It is observed that, first, consumption, more than income per capita, is supposed to be a better indicator as it directly reflects on food intake and non-food utilisation, which are connected to productivity, health, and well-being. The non-food items depict greater inequality across spaces compared to the food items. Second, rural areas unravel greater interspatial inequality than urban areas. Education, health, housing, consumer durable goods, and conveyance are some of the items that show greater discrepancies across the states.- Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/28/commentary/interstate-inequality-consumption.html
650 _aInterstate Consumption Inequality, HCES 2022–23, Rural–Urban Disparities, Non-Food Expenditure, Food Intake, Productivity Indicators, Health and Well-Being, Education Inequality, Housing Discrepancies, Consumer Durables, Conveyance, Income vs Consumption
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773 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
906 _aCONSUMPTION
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