It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to … attain the subsistence level of consumption. Thus, zero percent is taken as a threshold level to define catastrophic health … based on a purposive sample survey covering 1,200 households from Ahmedabad and neighbouring areas. Thus, sample is not …

. Households interviewed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) during 1986–91, were resurveyed in 2004–05 …

This paper attempts to understand the various risks faced by households living in disaster prone regions of rural India … and specifically examine the effectiveness of coping mechanisms adopted by households living in these areas to hedge … flood occurring every ten years and smaller ones happening every one-two years. The data is drawn from primary household …

and urban household income to decrease and has thus slowed down household consumption growth. The provision of broader … households more security for spending that could reduce the high savings rate and help achieve a balanced growth path in the long …

the changes in food consumption among the ultra poor households over the period. The second part describes the differences … in food and nutrient consumption between selected ultra poor (SUP) and non selected ultra poor (NSUP) households in 2004 …This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is …

This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited …

The study examines the different aspects of labor in the rural household economy. It identifies the factors that … significantly determine the rural households' labor allocation decisions. Moreover, it also looks at how the availability and growth … of rural nonagricultural employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural …