@article{Sharma:200191,
      recid = {200191},
      author = {Sharma, R K and Sharma, Rajeev and Gupta, Sonika},
      title = {CHANGING CONSUMPTION PATTERN IN HIMACHAL PRADESH},
      journal = {Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2006-12-31},
      number = {454-2016-36549},
      series = {XXIX},
      pages = {16},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {The study is based on NSS secondary data collected for the  years 1977-78, 1987-88, 1993-94 and 1999-00. The study  showed that in rural areas the major portion of expenditure  was spent on total food items which decreased from 65.66  per cent in 1977-78 to 56.00 per cent in 199900. Cereals  dominated the food expenditure followed by milk & milk  products. The nonvegetarian food items were given the least  priority over the years. The results for urban areas for  all the NSS rounds under investigation indicated that the  expenditure on food items was highest and cereals accounted  for the largest share. However, the expenditure on food  items dropped from 57.97 per cent in 1977-78 to 31.92 per  cent in 1999-00. The expenditure on milk & milk products  showed a decreasing trend over the years under study. The  percentage expenditure on cereals was higher in rural  areas. Reverse trend was observed for fruits and nuts.  Within non-food items, consumers gave first priority to  miscellaneous goods & services followed by clothing, fuel &  light and durable goods in both the areas. The findings  depicted that the expenditure on non-food items was higher  in urban areas. The expenditure on education was 2.84 per  cent and 4.11 per cent in rural and urban areas  respectively during 1999-00. The percentage change in  expenditure in urban areas was higher as compared with  rural areas over the same period. The expenditure in urban  households in 1977-78 was 59 per cent higher over their  rural counterparts which rose to 65 per cent in 1987-88,  113 per cent in 1993-94 and 158 per cent in 1999-00 thereby  indicating that the gap between rural and the urban  households increased over time. The study, thus, suggests  that to increase expenditure (income) in the rural sector  there is need to improve farm productivity through better  infra-structural facilities in terms of input availability,  marketing facilities etc. which will vary significantly due  to diverse agro-climatic conditions; improvement in the  non- farm sector; higher emphasis on technical education  etc.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/200191},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.200191},
}