India household spending on non-food items rises as urban-rural gap narrows. The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey for 2023/24, conducted from August 2023 to July 2024, showed non-food items accounted for about 53% of per capita spending in rural areas, up from about 47% in 2011/12, and 60% in urban areas, up from about 57%. The shift in spending patterns is expected to lead to a decrease in the weighting of food items in the consumer price index (CPI), which is used by the central bank to frame monetary policy.