What explains declining calorie consumption in India?
Basole, Amit and Basu, Deepankar (2014) What explains declining calorie consumption in India? Ideas for India.
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Abstract
It is puzzling to note that while real household expenditures and incomes in rural India have been on the rise, average calorie intake has declined. Analysing data from the National Sample Survey, this column finds that this is an outcome of a food-budget squeeze; rapidly rising expenses on non-food essentials such as cooking fuel are absorbing all the increases in real total expenditures
| Item Type: | Article | ||
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| Authors: | Basole, Amit and Basu, Deepankar | ||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Human Development, India | ||
| Subjects: | Social sciences > Social problems & services > Other social problems and services | ||
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University > Research Centre > Centre for Sustainable Employment | ||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||
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| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5469 | ||
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