India - Drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition : NSS 69th Round : July 2012- Dec 2012

Household consumer expenditure is the sum total of monetary values of all goods and services consumed. The household consumer expenditure during the last 30 days is to be ascertained through 5 questions and recorded in whole number of rupees. The purpose of these five items is to derive the household consumer expenditure to be used as a classificatory characteristic for studying various aspects of housing condition. The five items are as follows:
item 17: purchase,
item 18: home produced stock,
item 19: receipts in exchange of goods and services,
item 20: gifts and loans,
item 21: free collection,
Total of the entries in items 17 to 21 will be recorded in item 22.

In item 17, total amount spent by the household on purchase of the items of household consumer expenditure during the last 30 days will be recorded.