PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE IN INDIA

The per capita expenditure by an average Indian in urban India is Rs 1312 whereas in rural India it is only Rs 695.00 . These figures were revealed by the National Sample Survey organisation ( A Government of India undertaking). An interesting revelation is that while the urban Indian spends 39% of his expenditure on food, in rural India the spend is as high as 52%.

The disposable income therefore available for the rural Indian is a much lower Rs 332 or 48% for his spend on non food items. In comparative terms, the rural Indian spends almost the same amount on medicine as his urban counterpart. On education, whereas the urban Indian spends a high Rs 92 or 7% of his expenditure, the rural Indian spends only Rs 22 or 3% of his total per capita expenditure.