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With growth rate of about 28 per cent and 33 per cent respectively, the state of Gujarat has garnered maximum growth in per capita food and non-food consumption across India in 2004-05 and 2009-10, an Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) study said on Tuesday.
Besides, registering a growth of about 24.69 per cent, Gujarat has also topped in terms of household consumption of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) during the aforesaid five year period, highlights a study titled ‘Evolution of Indian Rural Markets During 2004-05 2009-10’ released by ASSOCHAM.
“The per capita food and non-food consumption expenditure across India has increased at a pace of over 14 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively, in 2004-05 and 2009-10,” said DS Rawat, national secretary general of ASSOCHAM.
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“The household FMCG consumption in India registered a growth of over 11 per cent during the aforesaid period,” he said.
The states of Haryana and Maharashtra have also registered a healthy growth rate of about 24 per cent in per capita food consumption expenditure across India.
West Bengal has seen least growth of just about 1.6 per cent and about 8 per cent in per-capita food and non-food consumption expenditure.
West Bengal has also registered negative growth rate of about 2 per cent for household expenditure on FMCG, highlights the study.
Haryana has the highest average rural household monthly expenditure on food items worth over Rs 2,584 followed by Jammu & Kashmir (Rs 2,378) and Punjab (Rs 2,377).
While, Odisha has minimum average rural household monthly expenditure on food worth just about Rs 1,215 followed by Tamil Nadu (Rs 1,280), Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (Rs 1,322).
Households in Kerala, Punjab and Haryana spend highest on non-food consumer items. These states have registered an average monthly household expenditure on non-food items worth over Rs 3,078, Rs 2,883 and Rs 2,580, respectively.
While Odisha (Rs 936), Bihar and Jharkhand (Rs 1,051) and West Bengal (Rs 1,071) have the lowest monthly household expenditure on non-food items in India, highlights the study.
Apart from Gujarat, Kerala (27 per cent), North Eastern States (26 per cent) and Assam (24 per cent) have registered maximum growth in the household monthly expenditure on non-food items during the five years to 2009-10.
