date:Apr 16, 2013
but thiscategory too had seen a drop. Percentage of household spending on cereal products such as bread, cakes and cereals declined from just over 10 per cent in 1998-99 to about 8 per cent in 2009-10.
Household spending on dairy products stayed roughly the same in the five years between 2004 and 2009, with about 7 per cent of household expenditure dedicated to this category. Spending on fresh fruits and vegetables was also stable at just less than 5 per cent in each of the three survey period