Q. Consider the following statements about the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES):
1.The HCES is conducted by the Niti Aayog to collect data on consumption patterns and living standards of households in India.
2.Data from the HCES is used in the estimation of poverty lines, Consumer Price Index (CPI) weights and national accounts aggregates.
3.The HCES is conducted annually as part of the Population Census to estimate household income levels.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation: 2 only
Statement 1 is incorrect: HCES is carried out by the NSO under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) to capture household consumption expenditure across rural and urban India.
Statement 2 is correct: HCES data is crucial for poverty estimation, revision of CPI weights, and inputs into national income calculations.
Statement 3 is incorrect: HCES is not part of the Population Census and is not conducted annually; it is a sample survey conducted every five years.
Source: MoSPI
