• The HCES is traditionally a quinquennial (recurring every five years) survey conducted by the government’s National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
• It is designed to collect information on the consumer spending patterns of households across the country, both urban and rural.
• Typically, the Survey is conducted between July and June and this year’s exercise is expected to be completed by June 2023.

Why HCES?

• The HCES is used to arrive at estimates of poverty levels as well as review key economic indicators like Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• The results of the survey are also utilised for updating the consumption basket and for base revision of the Consumer Price Index.
• It helps generate estimates of household Monthly Per Capita Consumer Expenditure (MPCE) as well as the distribution of households and persons over the MPCE classes.
• It is used to arrive at estimates of poverty levels in different parts of the country and to review economic indicators such as the GDP, since 2011-12.

Why need this survey?

• India has not had any official estimates on per capita household spending.
• It provides separate data sets for rural and urban parts, and also splice spending patterns for each State and Union Territory, as well as different socio-economic groups.

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