India - Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 57th Round, Schedule 1, July 2001 - June 2002

MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows :

RURAL URBAN
(Rs.) (Rs.)
1. 0 - 225 0 - 300
2. 225 - 255 300 - 350
3. 255 - 300 350 - 425
4. 300 - 340 425 - 500
5. 340 - 380 500 - 575
6. 380 - 420 575 - 665
7. 420 - 470 665 - 775
8. 470 - 525 775 - 915
9. 525 - 615 915 - 1120
10. 615 - 775 1120 - 1500
11. 775 - 950 1500 - 1925
12. 950 & above 1925 & above