| Value | 
                    Category | 
                                                                            
                                    
                    
                        | 1 | 
                        Cereals & cereal products  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 2 | 
                        Pulses & pulse products  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 3 | 
                        Milk  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 4 | 
                        Milk products (includes milk condensed/powder, baby food, ghee, butter, ice-cream,  etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 5 | 
                        Edible oil and vanaspati  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 6 | 
                        Vegetables (including garlic, ginger)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 7 | 
                        Fruits & nuts (includes mango, banana, coconut, dates, kishmish, monacca, other dry fruits, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 8 | 
                        Egg, fish & meat  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 9 | 
                        Sugar (includes gur, candy (misri), honey, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 10 | 
                        Salt & spices (includes dry chillies, curry powder, oilseeds, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 11 | 
                        Other food items (includes beverages such as tea, coffee, fruit juice and processed food)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 12 | 
                        Pan, tobacco & intoxicants  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 13 | 
                        Fuel & light  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 14 | 
                        Entertainment (includes cinema, picnic, sports, club fees, video cassettes, cable charges, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 15 | 
                        Personal care and effects (includes spectacles, torch, umbrella, lighter, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 16 | 
                        Toilet articles (includes toothpaste, hair oil, shaving blades, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 17 | 
                        Sundry articles  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 18 | 
                        Consumer services excluding conveyance  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 19 | 
                        Conveyance (includes porter charges, diesel, petrol, school bus/van, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 20 | 
                        Rent/ house rent  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 21 | 
                        Consumer taxes and cesses (includes water charges, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 22 | 
                        Medical expenses (non-institutional)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 23 | 
                        Sub-total (items 1 to 22)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 24 | 
                        Medical (institutional)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 25 | 
                        Tuition fees & other fees (includes private tutor, school/college fees, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 26 | 
                        School books & other educational articles  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 27 | 
                        Clothing and bedding  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 28 | 
                        Footwear  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 29 | 
                        Furniture and fixtures (includes bedstead, almirah, suitcase, carpet, paintings, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 30 | 
                        Crockery & utensils (includes stainless steel utensils, casseroles, thermos, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 31 | 
                        Cooking and household appliances  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 32 | 
                        Goods for recreation (includes TV, radio, tape recorder, musical instruments, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 33 | 
                        Jewellery & ornaments  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 34 | 
                        Personal transport equipment (includes bicycle, scooter, car, tyres & tubes, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 35 | 
                        Therapeutic appliances (includes glass eye, hearing aids, orthopaedic equipment, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 36 | 
                        Other personal goods (includes clock, watch, PC, telephone set, mobile handset, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 37 | 
                        Repair and maintenance (of residential buildings, bathroom equipment, etc.)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 38 | 
                        Sub-total (items 24  to 37)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 39 | 
                        Average monthly expenditure for items 24 to 37  [item 38 x (30÷365)]  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 40 | 
                        monthly household consumer expenditure (item 23 + item 39)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                            
            Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.