Rs 1,413: Avg monthly surplus for rural India is just enough to buy a fan

Rs 1,413: That’s the average monthly surplus available to a rural Indian home, whether a farm or non-farm household--enough to buy a ceiling fan, but this money must be used to repay loans as well, according to new data from a national survey.

The poorest states by this measure were Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar, with Andhra--which ranks 15 among 29 Indian states by per capita income--reporting a monthly surplus of Rs 95, 1/15th the national average and enough to buy only a litre of refined oil.

Drawn from the All India Rural Financial Inclusion