India, July 2 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
INTRODUCTION
The back-to-back Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (HCES) conducted during August 2022 - July 2023 and August 2023 - July 2024 collected information on consumption of food items by the members of the households during specified reference periods. Based on the food consumption data and utilizing the nutrient content values of different food items estimates of per day per capita and per day per consumer unit intake of calorie, protein and fat has been generated at various levels of disaggregation, namely, State, sector, fractile classes of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE), etc. These are collated and published in the form of a r...