Trends in Consumption Pattern A Comparative Study of Odisha and India

Abstract

Consumption expenditure is an important indicator of standard of living. As a country becomes more developed, its expenditure share on food declines and the expenditure share on non-food increases. Both in Odis ha as well as in India the share on food expenditure has been declining whereas the share of the nonfood expenditure has been increasing. The level of consumption expenditure of Odis ha is lower than India. It is the middle income group whose share in the total expenditure has been declining over the year. The lower income group shows an increase in the share of expenditure which is faster than the top income group. The Rural area shows an increase in non-food expenditure which is faster than the urban areas. Though the consumption of cereal quantity has declined for all income groups in terms of expenditure share it is increasing for the bottom 30% income group in rural areas and increasing for the bottom 30% and top 30% due to quality variation of cereal.