摘要：Almost all the developing countries in the world witnessed enormous economic growth accompanied by rising
inequality in the era of globalization. Indian economy has also experienced high momentum in growth after economic
reforms which results in per capita income/expenditure to increase. Patterns of consumer expenditure on different food
and non-food commodities/ items have undergone substantial changes. Our interest is to judge whether expenditure
patterns of different commodities/items have truly followed the pattern of aggregate expenditure. An attempt has been
made in this paper to examine whether and to what extent household consumer expenditure at the commodity level
has been pro-poor (in favour of poorer section) in India after economic reforms. A Structural Identification Index (SII)
has been formulated in order to identify the expenditure pattern and to estimate the degree of pro-poorness or prorichness
quantitatively. National Sample Survey data on consumer expenditure (Uniform Recall Period) for three time
periods- 1993-94, 2004-05 and 2009-10 are used in estimation.
