How do you access HCES 2023–24 data?

HCES 2023–24 is labeled “Registration required” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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HCES

Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023–24

Name: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023–24
Creator: NSO / MoSPI

HCES 2023–24 is used to study household consumption, poverty analysis, and CPI weight inputs.

Registration requiredVery largeGood starting dataset

consumption poverty prices

Host / institution

NSO / MoSPI · NSO / MoSPI

Geography

India, state

Time coverage

2023–24 (fielding window Aug 2023–Jul 2024 in official notes)

Update frequency

Annualized special release

What this is best for

Essential welfare measurement and CPI weights

Main limitations

Registration required; large multi-level files; bridge carefully to 2011–12

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is HCES 2023–24 used for?: Essential welfare measurement and CPI weights
How do you access HCES 2023–24 data?: HCES 2023–24 is labeled “Registration required” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does HCES 2023–24 cover?: Geography: India, state. Time coverage: 2023–24 (fielding window Aug 2023–Jul 2024 in official notes).
What are the main limitations of HCES 2023–24?: Registration required; large multi-level files; bridge carefully to 2011–12

Background & previous rounds

Background (previous rounds). Second consecutive modern HCES after the post-2011–12 gap (HCES 2022–23 = NADA catalog/224; this wave = catalog/237). Official notes compare MPCE to HCES 2022–23 and to NSS 68th (2011–12) at current and constant prices—but item baskets, visit structure, and free-social-transfer imputation differ. Full CES lineage on NADA CEXP (29 studies) includes quinquennials through 68th plus annual CES in intervening NSS rounds (e.g. 56th–64th, 72nd Sch 1.5). Use with HCES 2022–23 for short-run change; bridge to 68th only with explicit methodology notes.

Full design timeline: HCES series page

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

7 links

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Live-fetched MoSPI NADA HCES 2023–24 data dictionary (DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSS-HCES23-24; 15 level files). Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Sourced from live host documentation

Open official dictionary

Name / code	Description	Group
LEVEL-01 (Sec 1/1_1)	Household identification block (21 variables, 261,953 cases)	Household
LEVEL-02 (Sec 3)	Person-level demographic block (36 variables)	Persons
LEVEL-05 (Sec 5–6)	Item-level food/consumption detail (12.7M cases, 25 vars)	Consumption
LEVEL-09 (Sec 9–11)	Additional item blocks (8.3M cases)	Consumption
LEVEL-12 / 13	Further item / durable sections	Consumption
MPCE / fractiles	Monthly per capita expenditure constructs	Welfare
Sector / state	Rural–urban and state geography	Geography

Formats

microdata · DDI · report

Technical tags

household surveymicrodataannual

Example uses

Poverty, inequality, and consumption baskets

Open access portal Documentation

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.