India - Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1993 - June 1994, NSS 50th Round

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 the 50th round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows. For the rural (urban) sector, the class limits were so chosen that each class, excepting the top two classes and the bottom two, approximately contained an estimated 10% of the rural (urban) population, while the remaining four classes each contained an estimated 5% of the population. Some adjustments were, however, made to keep some common class limits for the rural and urban sectors. Tabulation of results by MPCE class from the 43rd to the 49th round of NSS, incidentally, was done using MPCE classes derived in a similar way, using 43rd round MPCE data. In other words, the MPCE classification is being updated for the first time since the 43rd round. The classification used here is :

RURAL URBAN
(Rs.) (Rs.)
1. below 120 below 160
2. 120 - 140 160 - 190
3. 140 - 165 190 - 230
4. 165 - 190 230 - 265
5. 190 - 210 265 - 310
6. 210 - 235 310 - 355
7. 235 - 265 355 - 410
8. 265 - 300 410 - 490
9. 300 - 355 490 - 605
10. 355 - 455 605 - 825
11. 455 - 560 825 -1055
12. 560 & above 1055 & above