Published on : 23 Nov 2025, 7:30 am

Guwahati: Assam continues to record one of the highest proportions of household spending on food in the country, even as the share has shown a gradual decline over the past decade. The findings come from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023-24, which compares shifts in consumption patterns with data from 2011-12.

According to the report, rural households in Assam spent 61.3% of their Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE) on food in 2011-12, the highest among all states at the time, compared to the national rural average of 52.9%. Although this number has reduced to 53.2% in 2023-24, Assam still ranks second-highest after Ladakh, indicating that food expenses remain a major component of rural family budgets.

Urban Assam also re

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