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100 _aBalakrishnan, Pulapre and Raj, Aman
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245 _aThe Thali index of the standard of living
260 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
300 _a61(20), May 16, 2026: p.45-50
520 _aThe use of a food consumption-based index of the standard of living is proposed, positing the consumption of two thali meals a day by an individual as the minimum acceptable level. Using such an index, we estimate the share of the food-deprived population using the NSS’s Household Consumption Expenditure Survey for 2023–24. An innovation in our study is the use of actual expenditure on food as the relevant data for measuring food consumption possibility, and thus the standard of living. – Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/special-articles/thali-index-standard-living.html
773 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
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