Explanation:

All of the statements are correct.

Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23

• The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has conducted Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) from August 2022 to July 2023. This survey on household consumption expenditure aims at generating estimates of household Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) and its distribution separately for the rural and urban sectors of the country, for States and Union Territories, and different socio-economic groups. The summary results of HCES: 2022-23 relating to MPCE is being released in the form of a factsheet. 

• The estimates of MPCE are based on the data collected from 2,61,746 Households (1,55,014 in rural areas and 1,06,732 in urban areas) in the central sample spread over all States and Union Territories in the country.

• In HCES:2022-23, the usual practice of imputation of the value figures for consumption out of (i) home-grown/home-produced stock and (ii) gifts, loans, free collection, and goods received in exchange of goods and services, etc. has been continued; and accordingly, estimates of MPCE have been generated. These estimates are presented in Section A.

• Besides, a provision for the collection of information on the quantity of consumption for several items, received and consumed by the households free of cost through various social welfare programs has been made in HCES:2022-23. Consequently, the value figures for

• Food items: Rice, Wheat/Atta, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Ragi, Barley, Small Millets, Pulses, Gram, Salt, Sugar, Edible Oil and

• Non-food items: Laptop/PC, Tablet, Mobile Handset, Bicycle, Motor Cycle/Scooty, Clothing (school uniform), Footwear (school shoes etc.) received free of cost by the households through these programs, have been imputed using an appropriate method.

• Accordingly, another set of estimates of MPCE considering imputed values of these items and of consumption out of home produce, free collection, gifts, loans etc. has also been compiled for HCES: 2022-23. These estimates are presented in Section B.

Why in news?

• On February 5, 2024, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister Rao Inderjit Singh had said field work for Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 started in August 2023.

Hence option 3rd is correct.